6-methyl-2-heptanyl acetate is the acetate ester of 6-methylheptan-2-ol.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII L99R8F7K2A · registered name 6-METHYL-2-HEPTYL ACETATE · single chemical substance
6-methyl-2-heptanyl acetate is the acetate ester of 6-methylheptan-2-ol. It has a role as a metabolite.
Source: PubChem
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
- 67952-57-2
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 267-911-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00867413
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID50815601
- IUPAC
- 6-Methylheptan-2-yl acetate
- Molecular formula
- C10H20O2
- Molecular weight
- 172.268 g/mol
Measured properties
- Boiling point
- 187.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 2 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.
- Fragrance2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 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 1 studies
- SkinIrr2
Skin Irritation · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 12
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- 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