2,4-dichlorobenzyl alcohol is a member of the class of benzyl alcohols that is benzyl alcohol in which the hydrogens at positions 2 and 4 are replaced by chlorines.
- Korean limit
- 0.15%
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 1NKX3648J9 · registered name DICHLOROBENZYL ALCOHOL · single chemical substance
2,4-dichlorobenzyl alcohol is a member of the class of benzyl alcohols that is benzyl alcohol in which the hydrogens at positions 2 and 4 are replaced by chlorines. It has a role as an antiseptic drug. It is a member of benzyl alcohols and a dichlorobenzene.
Source: PubChem
Dichlorobenzyl Alcohol is the substituted aromatic compound that conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Allowed preservative
- United Kingdom
Source: ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · EU Cosmetics Regulation · Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
Argentina · Brazil
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : 0.15%
ASEAN
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : 0.15%
Taiwan · China · South Korea
- Maximum concentration : 0.15%
European Union
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : 0.15%
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex V (allowed preservatives), entry 22 · maximum concentration 0.15%
Restriction V/22 · 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
- 12041-76-8
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 1777-82-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 217-210-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID9041362
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID7021362
- IUPAC
- (2,4-Dichlorophenyl)methanol
- Molecular formula
- C7H6Cl2O
- Molecular weight
- 177.02 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Melting/freezing point
- 59.5 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 150 ℃
- Flash point
- &, gt, 112 ℃
- Water solubility
- 1000 ㎎/ℓ
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 2.36
- Molecular weight
- 177.03
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 13 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.
- Pharmaceutical (EPA)8
- Biocide4
- Preservative1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
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- Острый тонзиллофарингит. Рациональный выбор фармакотерапии · 2013
- Acute sore throat revisited: clinical and experimental evidence for the efficacy of over‐the‐counter AMC/DCBA throat lozenges · 2011
- Use of dichlorobenzyl alcohol for preparing a preparation for topical treatment of inflammation and a preparation containing dichlorobenzyl alcohol · 1998
Linked databases 24
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU allowed preservatives (Annex V)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3 4
- PubChem
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
- 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
- Wikipedia · English