Cosmetic roles
Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- International fragrance standard (IFRA)
Source: IFRA fragrance standards
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
METHYL ISOPROPYL-METHYLBICYCLOOCTENE-2-CARBOXYLATEINCIBicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-ene-2-carboxylic acid, 1(or 4)-methyl-4(or 1)-(1-methylethyl)-, methyl esterSynonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 68966-86-9
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 273-453-7
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00904438
What products actually use it for
What the 3 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.
- Fragrance3
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 skin studies and 1 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 3 studies
- Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) Adopted 17 July, 1992 - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · equivalent or similar to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vitro / ex vivo · Screening · other guideline: OECD Guideline 437 (Bovine Corneal Opacity and Permeability Test Method for Identifying i) Chemicals Inducing Serious Eye Damage and ii) Chemicals Not Requiring Classification for Eye Irritation or Serious Eye Damage) July 2013 according to other guideline: Bovine Corneal Opacity and Permeability (BCOP) Assay, SOP of Microbiological Associates Ltd., UK, Procedure Details April 1997 according to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard