Dodecylamine is a primary aliphatic amine.
Definition
Dodecylamine is a primary aliphatic amine.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII YWY9OD6A2K · registered name DODECYLAMINE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted or banned
- China · South Korea
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Argentina · Brazil
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : Under maximum secondary amine: 0.5%
- Other limitations and requirements : No use with nitrosating systems. Minimum 99% -Pureza. Maximum -Tenor of secondary amines in raw materials 0.5%. Maximum nitrosamine -Tenor: 50 ug / kg. -Envasar / Nitrite - free store in containers.
ASEAN
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : Maximum secondary amine content: 0.5%
- Other limitations and requirements : • Do not use with nitrosating systems • Minimum purity: 99% • Maximum secondary amine content: 0.5% (applies to raw materials) • Maximum nitrosamine content: 50 μg/kg • Keep in nitrite-free containers
European Union
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : Maximum secondary amine content: 0.5%
- Other : - Do not use with nitrosating systems - Minimum purity: 99% - Maximum secondary amine content: 0.5% (applies to raw materials) - Maximum nitrosamine content: 50 microgram/kg - Keep in nitrite-free containers
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Restriction III/61
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Lauramine and Stearamine
CIR reviewed this ingredient and flagged its status as: Insufficient data ingredients with no uses reported to FDA's Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP) (insufficient data or use not supported — CIR's own classification, not a full safety-as-used conclusion).
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 124-22-1
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 204-690-6
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID3021984
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID901984
- IUPAC
- Dodecan-1-amine
- Molecular formula
- C12H27N
- Molecular weight
- 185.355 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Dodecanamine appears as a yellow liquid with an ammonia-like odor. Insoluble in water and less dense than water. Hence floats on water. Contact may irritate skin, eyes and mucous membranes. May be toxic by ingestion, inhalation or skin absorption. Used to make other chemicals. · Other Solid, Liquid
- Odour
- AMINE ODOR
- Boiling point
- 259 °C
- Melting point
- 28.3 °C · 28 °C
- Solubility
- Miscible in ethanol, ethyl ether, and benzene. · In water, 0.078 g/l at 25 °C and pH 11.8.
- Density
- 0.8015 g/cu cm @ 20 °C/4 °C · 0.81 g/cm³
- Melting/freezing point
- 28.3 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 259 ℃
- Flash point
- &, gt, 110 ℃
- Upper/lower flammability or explosive limits
- 5.1 / 0.6 %
- Vapour pressure
- 0.000805 ㎜Hg ( at 25 C)
- Water solubility
- 78 ㎎/ℓ ( at 25C)
- Relative density
- 0.81
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 4.76 ((est.))
- Molecular weight
- 185.35
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 6 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.
- Corrosion inhibitor2
- Intermediate2
- pH regulating agent1
- Anti-static agent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
4 skin studies and 0 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 4 studies
- Category 8.2C (Category 1C)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Corrosive
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) according to - SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted - SkinIrr2
Skin Irritation · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Eco-Metabolomic Signatures of Frog Skin Secretions Reveal Environmental Stress Biomarkers Across Pond Disturbance Gradients. · 2026
- Illustration of the Distribution of DNA Sequences and Their Frequencies Within the MEP2 Gene Across Ten Candida Species · 2024
- It is not always chlorhexidine: Identification of benzoxonium chloride and lauramine oxide as culprit allergens in a popular antiseptic in Switzerland · 2023
- Annual Review of Cosmetic Ingredient Safety Assessments: 2007-2010 · 2011
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Dimethyl Lauramine · 1995
Linked databases 17
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- 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
- Wikipedia · Chinese