Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 7N51QGL6MJ · registered name DIBROMOCYANOACETAMIDE · single chemical substance
Dibromocyanoacetamide is the organic compound that conforms to the formula
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 10222-01-2
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 233-539-7
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID5032361
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID3012361
- IUPAC
- 2,2-Dibromo-2-cyanoacetamide
- Molecular formula
- C3H2Br2N2O
- Molecular weight
- 241.87 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide is a colorless to yellow liquid with a moldy pungent odor. · Dry Powder, Liquid
- Odour
- Mild "medicinal antiseptic"
- Boiling point
- Decomposes at 190 °C
- Melting point
- 123 to 126 °C · 126 °C
- Solubility
- In water, 1.5 g/100 mL (15,000 mg/L) · In acetone, 35 g/100 mL, in ethanol, 25 g/100mL
- Stability
- Stable under normal conditions, decomposition accelerated by light & heat.
- pH
- pH at 25 °C: 6.61 in 0.01% aqueous solution
- Dissociation constant
- 2.375 at 21 °C
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 7 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.
- Biocide7
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
4 skin studies and 1 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 5 studies
- SkinIrr2
Skin Irritation · QSAR Predicted - Sh
Skin Sensitization · Authoritative - Classification not possible
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Category 2
Skin Irritation · Screening - Category 1
Eye Irritation · Screening
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 14
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- 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
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