Ethylene carbonate is a carbonate ester.
Definition
Ethylene carbonate is a carbonate ester.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII RGJ96TB7R7 · registered name ETHYLENE CARBONATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
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 炭酸エチレン: 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
ETHYLENE CARBONATEINCI에틸렌카보네이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)1,3-Dioxolan-2-oneSynonym炭酸エチレンJapanese labelling name
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 96-49-1
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 202-510-0
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2026600
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID806600
- IUPAC
- 1,3-Dioxolan-2-one
- Molecular formula
- C3H4O3
- Molecular weight
- 88.062 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- CBI, Dry Powder, Liquid · Colorless, odorless solid or liquid, [Hawley] Solid below 36.4 deg C, liquid above this temperature, supercools (remains liquid) at temperatures below its melting point, [CHEMINFO] Colorless solidified mass, Soluble in water, [MSDSonline]
- Odour
- Odorless · odourless
- Boiling point
- 248 °C · 248 °C @760 [mm Hg]
- Melting point
- 36.4 °C
- Solubility
- Soluble in water, alcohol, ether, and benzene · Miscible (40%) with water, alcohol, ethyl acetate, benzene, and chloroform, soluble in ether, n-butanol, and carbon tetrachloride.
- Density
- 1.3214 at 39 °C · 1.322 @ 40°C
- Colour
- colourless
- Melting/freezing point
- 39.5 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 248 ℃
- Flash point
- 143 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.0098 ㎜Hg (25℃)
- Water solubility
- 1000000 ㎎/ℓ
- Vapour density
- 3.04
- Relative density
- 1.3214 (39℃)
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -0.340
- Viscosity
- 2.547 cP (25℃)
- Molecular weight
- 88.06
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: PubChem · KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 11 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
- Conductive agent2
- Monomers2
- Intermediate2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
5 skin studies and 4 eye studies are on record.
Classed as low5
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 9 studies
- Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) according to - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) according to EPA OPPTS 870.2500 (Acute Dermal Irritation) according to EU Method B.4 (Acute Toxicity: Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) according to - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) according to EU Method B.4 (Acute Toxicity: Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) according to EPA OPPTS 870.2500 (Acute Dermal Irritation) according to - Corrosive or Irritation Persists for > 21 days
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to - Category 8.3A (Category 1)
Eye Irritation · Read Across - Severe Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) according to EU Method B.5 (Acute Toxicity: Eye Irritation / Corrosion) according to EPA OPPTS 870.2400 (Acute Eye Irritation) according to - Severe Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) according to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
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- Biomimetic Self-renewal Polymer Brushes with Protein Resistance Inspired by Fish Skin. · 2019
- Impact of aqueous and organic electrolytes on the supercapacitive performance of activated carbon derived from pea skin · 2018
- Rapid micro fluorescence in situ hybridization in tissue sections · 2018
- Cleavage of the epidermal growth factor receptor by a membrane‐bound leupeptin‐sensitive protease active in nonionic detergent lysates of senescent but not young human diploid fibroblasts · 1994
Linked databases 19
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- 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 2
- 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
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