How much products actually contain
No product states its amount yet.
Of the products containing it, 1 list it before the 1% line and 2 after it (usually 1% or less).
Products using this ingredient
3 of 3 confirmed · likeliest to carry enough first
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII Z135787824 · registered name ISOAMYL ACETATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Amyl Acetate and Isoamyl Acetate
Reviewed by CIR: Amyl Acetate and Isoamyl Acetate
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name 酢酸イソアミル: 本品は、酢酸（＊）とイソアミルアルコ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
- 123-92-2
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 204-662-3
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID9025453
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID005453
- IUPAC
- 3-Methylbutyl acetate
- Molecular formula
- C7H14O2
- Molecular weight
- 130.187 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- liquid
- Colour
- colourless
- Melting/freezing point
- -78.5 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 142 ℃
- Flash point
- 25 ℃(c.c.)
- Evaporation rate
- 0.42
- Upper/lower flammability or explosive limits
- 7.5 / 1 %
- Vapour pressure
- 4.5 ㎜Hg(20℃)
- Water solubility
- 0.2 g/100㎖(20℃)
- Vapour density
- 4.5
- Relative density
- 0.876
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 2.13
- Auto-ignition temperature
- 379 ℃
- Viscosity
- 1.03 cP
- Molecular weight
- 130.1856
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 178 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.
- Fragrance171
- Flavouring and nutrient3
- Solvent2
- pH regulating agent1
- No specific technical function1
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
- Category 2
Skin Irritation · Screening - Classification not possible
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Category 6.3B (Category 3)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Category 2
Eye Irritation · Screening - Category 6.4A (Category 2A)
Eye Irritation · Read Across
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Amyl Acetate and Isoamyl Acetate · 2023
- Microencapsulation of aroma compounds produced by Pichia fermentans · 2022
- Enzymatic Synthesis of Isoamyl Acetate by Nanoconventional Techniques · 2020
- Green synthesis of isoamyl acetate via silica immobilized novel thermophilic lipase from Bacillus aerius · 2016
- Screening and biological characteristics studies of wide wine-making yeasts · 2014
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
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2 3
- 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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