Docosane is a straight-chain alkane with 22 carbon atoms.
Definition
Docosane is a straight-chain alkane with 22 carbon atoms. It has a role as a plant metabolite.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII OW99Q363KO · registered name DOCOSANE · 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 ドコサン: 本品は、次の化学式で表される飽和直鎖アルカンである。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 629-97-0
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 211-121-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID7047063
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID5027063
- IUPAC
- Docosane
- Molecular formula
- C22H46
- Molecular weight
- 310.61 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Melting/freezing point
- 44.4 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 368.6 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.00003 ㎜Hg(at 25℃)
- Vapour density
- 10.7
- Relative density
- 0.7944
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 11.15
- Molecular weight
- 310.6
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 3 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.
- Fragrance3
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
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- Incidence of Personal Care Products in Surface Water of Middle Tennessee Urban and Rural Sub-Watersheds · 2018
- PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS, ASSESSMENT OF ANTIPROLIFERATIVE AND FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY OF MORUS ALBA AND MORUS RUBRA FRUITS · 2017
- Analysis on Resource Recovery of Benzene/Ethanol Extractives of Fresh Santalum album Leaves in Autumn · 2009
Linked databases 18
- 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
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- 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
- Wikipedia · Japanese · Chinese