Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII EI21LN258M · registered name P-MENTHAN-8-OL · mixture
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
- 498-81-7
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 207-871-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID4041812
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID2021812
- IUPAC
- 2-(4-Methylcyclohexyl)propan-2-ol
- Molecular formula
- C10H20O
- Molecular weight
- 156.269 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Liquid · liquid
- Boiling point
- 205.00 to 208.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
- Melting point
- 32.00 to 35.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
- Colour
- liquid
- Melting/freezing point
- 217.32 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 205 ℃
- Flash point
- 87.78 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.0457 ㎜Hg
- Water solubility
- 278 ㎎/ℓ
- Relative density
- 0.909-0.913 (20℃)
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 3.42
- Molecular weight
- 156.27
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 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.
- Fragrance8
- Flavouring and nutrient1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 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 3 studies
- SkinIrr2
Skin Irritation · QSAR Predicted - Category 6.3A (Category 2)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Category 6.4A (Category 2A)
Eye Irritation · Read Across
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 13
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- 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