Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 6B3O343SS2 · registered name DIHEXYL FUMARATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
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
DIHEXYL FUMARATEINCI2-Butenedioic acid, (E)-, dihexyl esterSynonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 19139-31-2
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 242-833-4
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00893393
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID70909657
- IUPAC
- Dihexyl (2E)-but-2-enedioate
- Molecular formula
- C16H28O4
- Molecular weight
- 284.396 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Liquid
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 9 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.
- Fragrance9
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
Classed as moderate1
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 1 studies
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 12
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- 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