Glycine, N-(carboxymethyl)-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-, disodium salt is an alpha-amino acid.
Definition
Glycine, N-(carboxymethyl)-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-, disodium salt is an alpha-amino acid.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII Q796430V9N · registered name DISODIUM HYDROXYETHYLIMINODIACETATE · single chemical substance
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
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name ヒドロキシエチルイミノ二酢酸２Ｎａ: 本品は、次の化学式で表される有機化合物である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 135-37-5
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 205-187-4
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID8042008
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID6022008
- IUPAC
- Disodium 2,2'-[(2-hydroxyethyl)azanediyl]diacetate
- Molecular formula
- C6H9NNa2O5
- Molecular weight
- 221.12 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Odour
- odourless
- Melting/freezing point
- 141.5~142.5 ℃ ((EU Method A.1))
- Initial boiling point and range
- 50.97 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.065 ㎩ ((25 °C)(OECD Guideline 104))
- Water solubility
- &, gt, 10000 ㎎/ℓ ((20 °C, pH 13.3)(EU Method A.6))
- Relative density
- 1171 kg/m³ ((20 °C)(OECD Guideline 109))
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -8.2735
- Auto-ignition temperature
- 369 ℃ ((EU Method A.16))
- Viscosity
- 10 cSt
- Molecular weight
- 221.119
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 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.
- Chelating agent2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 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 2 studies
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · other guideline: 16 CFR 1500.11 according to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- 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