Decyl palmitate is a palmitate ester resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxy group of palmitic acid with the hydroxy group of decan-1-ol.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII SDD3SU9U0A · registered name DECYL PALMITATE · single chemical substance
Decyl palmitate is a palmitate ester resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxy group of palmitic acid with the hydroxy group of decan-1-ol. It has a role as a bacterial metabolite. It is a wax ester and a hexadecanoate ester. It is functionally related to a decan-1-ol.
Source: PubChem
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Safety Assessment of Alkyl Esters as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 42232-27-9
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 255-724-1
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID9068374
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID2040070
- IUPAC
- Decyl hexadecanoate
- Molecular formula
- C26H52O2
- Molecular weight
- 396.7 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 2 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Softener and conditioner2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 15
- ChEBI
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- Tlooto literature search 2
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata