Ingredient Dictionary

PERFLUOROCAPRYLYL BROMIDE

Perflubron is a haloalkane that is perfluorooctane in which a fluorine attached to one of the terminal carbons has been replaced by a bromine.

Definition

Perflubron is a haloalkane that is perfluorooctane in which a fluorine attached to one of the terminal carbons has been replaced by a bromine. It has a role as a radioopaque medium and a blood substitute. It is a perfluorinated compound, a haloalkane and an organobromine compound. It derives from a hydride of an octane.

Source: PubChem

US FDA substance register · UNII Q1D0Q7R4D9 · registered name PERFLUBRON · single chemical substance

Source: US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)

Cosmetic roles

Base that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT

More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature

Names & identifiers

PERFLUOROCAPRYLYL BROMIDEINCI퍼플루오로카프릴일브로마이드Korean label name (MFDS standard)

CAS No.chemical registry number: 423-55-2
EC No.EU chemical inventory number: 207-028-4
DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID: DTXSID5046560
DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID: DTXCID3026560

IUPAC: 1-Bromo-1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptadecafluorooctane
Molecular formula: C8BrF17
Molecular weight: 498.965 g/mol

What products actually use it for

What the 1 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.

Solvent1

Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard

Irritation and sensitisation studies

1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.

Classed as low1

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.

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Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · equivalent or similar to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) Internal: In line with OECD 406. Two exposure groups (60% PFOB and neat PFOB) was used with 10 animals in each group . Two control groups with 4 animals each was used.