Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII DG1O0Z7390 · registered name 2-ETHOXYETHYL ACETATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · Canada · China · European Union · South Korea · Taiwan
Source: ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Korea’s toxic-substance GHS classification: Danger · H226 (category 3) · H332 (category 4) · H360 (category 1B)
Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · prohibited in cosmetics
Restriction II/666
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Ethoxyethanol and Ethoxyethanol Acetate
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name 酢酸エトキシエチル: 本品は、酢酸（＊）とエトキシエタノール（＊）のエステルであり、次の化学式で表される。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 111-15-9
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 203-839-2
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID9021928
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID701928
- IUPAC
- 2-Ethoxyethyl acetate
- Molecular formula
- C6H12O3
- Molecular weight
- 132.159 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- liquid
- Colour
- colourless
- Melting/freezing point
- -62 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 156 ℃
- Flash point
- 51 ℃
- Upper/lower flammability or explosive limits
- 14 / 1.3 %
- Vapour pressure
- 2.67 hPa(20℃)
- Water solubility
- 299 g/ℓ(20 ℃)
- Vapour density
- 4.56
- Relative density
- 0.97
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 0.24
- Auto-ignition temperature
- 380 ℃
- Viscosity
- 1.32 mPa S(20℃)
- Molecular weight
- 90.69
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 9 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.
- Solvent5
- Vapor pressure modifiers1
- Fragrance1
- Film former1
- Intermediate1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
3 skin studies and 2 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 5 studies
- Classification not possible
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Category 6.3B (Category 3)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Not classified
Skin Irritation · Screening - Category 2B
Eye Irritation · Screening - Category 6.4A (Category 2A)
Eye Irritation · Read Across
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 19
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- Tlooto literature search
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2
- 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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- Wikipedia · English · Chinese