Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 97O72GYM1E · registered name 2-HEXYLCYCLOPENTANONE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
HEXYLCYCLOPENTANONEINCICyclopentanone, 2-hexyl-Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 13074-65-2
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 235-970-6
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID90864355
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID80812885
- IUPAC
- 2-Hexylcyclopentan-1-one
- Molecular formula
- C11H20O
- Molecular weight
- 168.28 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 5 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.
- Fragrance5
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
Classed as low2
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 1 studies
- Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · equivalent or similar to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) According to the method of Magnusson and Kligman, but predating adoption by OECD as part of TG406
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard