Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII L37F145LOT · registered name PROPYLENE GLYCOL DIHEXANOATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
Safety & regulatory references
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report: Safety Assessment of Propylene Glycol Esters as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
PROPYLENE GLYCOL DICAPROATEINCI프로필렌글라이콜다이카프로에이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 50343-36-7
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00866148
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID30814470
- IUPAC
- Propane-1,2-diyl dihexanoate
- Molecular formula
- C15H28O4
- Molecular weight
- 272.385 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Clear colourless liquid, Mild fruity to green aroma
- Boiling point
- 335-337 °C
- Solubility
- Practically insoluble or insoluble in water · Soluble (in ethanol)
- Density
- 0.943-0.948 (20 °C)
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 2 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.
- Softener and conditioner1
- Flavouring and nutrient1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 11
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata