Diethyl adipate is a fatty acid ester.
Definition
Diethyl adipate is a fatty acid ester.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 7B19K45L6C · registered name DIETHYL ADIPATE · 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
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel on the Safety Assessment of Dicarboxylic Acids, Salts and Esters
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 141-28-6
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 205-477-0
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2021999
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID201999
- IUPAC
- Diethyl hexanedioate
- Molecular formula
- C10H18O4
- Molecular weight
- 202.25 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Colorless liquid, [Hawley] · Colorless liquid
- Boiling point
- 245 °C
- Melting point
- -19.8 °C
- Solubility
- Soluble in ethanol and ethyl ether · In water, 4230 mg/l @ 20 °C
- Density
- 1.0076 @ 20 °C
- Colour
- colourless
- Melting/freezing point
- -19.8 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 245 ℃
- Flash point
- 110 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.0577 ㎜Hg (at 25C)
- Water solubility
- 4230 ㎎/ℓ (at 20C)
- Relative density
- 1.009 ()
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 2.37 ((est.))
- Molecular weight
- 202.28
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: PubChem · KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 5 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
- Flavouring and nutrient1
- Deodorizer1
- Fragrance1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 17
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- 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