- Korean limit
- 0.15%
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 5PL687950E · registered name POTASSIUM O-PHENYLPHENATE · single chemical substance
Potassium o-Phenylphenate is the potassium salt of o-phenylphenol that conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- China · South Korea
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Argentina · Brazil
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : 0.2% (expressed as phenol)
Taiwan
- 0.2%
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
SCCS opinion: ADDENDUM to the scientific opinion on o-Phenylphenol, Sodium o-phenylphenate and Potassium o-phenylphenate (SCCS/1555/15)
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 13707-65-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 237-243-9
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2035691
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID0015691
- IUPAC
- Potassium [1,1'-biphenyl]-2-olate
- Molecular formula
- C12H9KO
- Molecular weight
- 208.301 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Colour
- white
- Melting/freezing point
- 230.7 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 282 ℃
- Flash point
- 140.3 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.00202 ㎜Hg (25°C)
- Water solubility
- 1200000 ㎎/ℓ
- Vapour density
- 7.190196755264067
- Relative density
- 1.3
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 0.59
- Molecular weight
- 208.3
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 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.
- Preservative3
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 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 1 studies
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 14
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- Tlooto literature search
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata