Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII BR9JLI40NO · registered name Diisopropylamine · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- China · South Korea
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Korea’s toxic-substance GHS classification: Danger · H314 (category 1A) · H331 (category 3) · H302 (category 4) · +1 more
Restriction II/411
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Annual Review of Cosmetic Ingredient Safety Assessments: 2007-2010
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Diisopropylamine
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 108-18-9
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 203-558-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID9025085
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID905085
- IUPAC
- N-(Propan-2-yl)propan-2-amine
- Molecular formula
- C6H15N
- Molecular weight
- 101.193 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- liquid
- Colour
- colourless
- pH
- 12
- Melting/freezing point
- -61 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 84 ℃
- Flash point
- -13.45 ℃
- Evaporation rate
- 5.8
- Upper/lower flammability or explosive limits
- 7.1 / 0.8 %
- Vapour pressure
- 79.4 ㎜Hg (25℃)
- Water solubility
- 1.1X10+5 ㎎/ℓ (25℃)
- Vapour density
- 3.5
- Relative density
- 0.7169
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 0.4
- Auto-ignition temperature
- 295 ℃ (1007 hPa)
- Decomposition temperature
- -11000 (cal/g)
- Viscosity
- 0.4 (25℃)
- Molecular weight
- 101.19
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 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.
- Intermediate2
- Abrasive1
- Solvent1
- pH regulating agent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
9 skin studies and 4 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 13 studies
- Skin Corr. 1B
Skin Irritation · Screening - Classification not possible
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 1
Skin Irritation · Screening - Category 1A
Skin Irritation · Screening - Category 8.2B (Category 1B)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Skin Corr. 1B
Skin Irritation · Authoritative - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · equivalent or similar to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) - Corrosive
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to - Corrosive
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) according to - Eye Dam. 1
Eye Irritation · Screening - Category 1
Eye Irritation · Screening - Category 8.3A (Category 1)
Eye Irritation · Read Across - Corrosive or Irritation Persists for > 21 days
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Potential toxic effects linked to taurine interactions with alkanolamines and diisopropylamine · 2024
- Temperature-dependent NO2/diisopropylamine sensor based on SnO2 squama-wrapped tubes derived from waste bamboo shoot skin · 2023
- Aliphatic and Alicyclic Amines · 2012
- Annual Review of Cosmetic Ingredient Safety Assessments: 2007-2010 · 2011
- Effects of Diisopropylamine Dichloroacetate on Proliferation and Differentiation of Normal Human Keratinocytes in vitro · 1999
Linked databases 16
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2 3
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
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