Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 20Y07BBS8T · registered name DIETHYLOL DIMETHYL HYDANTOIN · single chemical substance
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
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 26850-24-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 248-052-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID0067260
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID9037581
- IUPAC
- 1,3-Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione
- Molecular formula
- C9H16N2O4
- Molecular weight
- 216.237 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- CBI, Other Solid
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 6 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.
- Solvent2
- Viscosity modifier1
- Biocide1
- Chemical reaction regulator1
- Surfactant (surface active agent)1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
3 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 3 studies
- SkinIrr2
Skin Irritation · QSAR Predicted - SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 429 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay)
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 13
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata