Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII LYM6MZP2AX · registered name ETHYL HYDROXYMETHYL OLEYL OXAZOLINE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Softens hairHAIR CONDITIONINGReduces staticANTISTATIC
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
ETHYL HYDROXYMETHYL OLEYL OXAZOLINEINCI에틸하이드록시메틸올레일옥사졸린Korean label name (MFDS standard)4-Oxazolemethanol, 4-ethyl-2-(8-heptadecenyl)-4,5-dihydro-Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 68140-98-7
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 268-820-3
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID40867497
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID80815679
- IUPAC
- [4-Ethyl-2-(heptadec-8-en-1-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-4-yl]methanol
- Molecular formula
- C23H43NO2
- Molecular weight
- 365.602 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- 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 4 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.
- Solvent2
- Anti-static agent1
- Softener and conditioner1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 11
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata