Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII BZ3TC4IWYY · registered name DICETYL ETHER · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Keeps skin in good condition (CosIng catch-all)SKIN CONDITIONINGMakes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
Safety & regulatory references
Reviewed by CIR: Safety Assessment of Fatty Ethers as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
DICETYL ETHERINCI다이세틸에터Korean label name (MFDS standard)
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 4113-12-6
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 223-900-7
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID30194067
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID40116558
- IUPAC
- 1-(Hexadecyloxy)hexadecane
- Molecular formula
- C32H66O
- Molecular weight
- 466.879 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 12
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubMed
- 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