Cosmetic roles
Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENTSurfactant that lifts dirtSURFACTANT - CLEANSING
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
DIMETHYL 9-DECENAMIDEINCI9-Decenamide, N,N-dimethyl-Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 1356964-77-6
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID40889295
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID001028558
- IUPAC
- N,N-Dimethyldec-9-enamide
- Molecular formula
- C12H23NO
- Molecular weight
- 197.322 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Liquid, CBI
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 6 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.
- Solvent4
- Surfactant (surface active agent)2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 skin studies and 1 eye studies are on record.
Classed as highly irritating1Classed as low1
The studies disagree (the most common conclusion covers 50%), so they do not establish that this ingredient is irritating. These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 3 studies
- Severe Irritation
skin corrosion: in vitro / ex vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 439 (In Vitro Skin Irritation: Reconstructed Human Epidermis Test Method) according to - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 429 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay) - Moderate or Mild Irritation
eye irritation: in vitro / ex vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 437 (Bovine Corneal Opacity and Permeability Test Method for Identifying Ocular Corrosives and Severe Irritants) [before 26 July 2013] equivalent or similar to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard