4-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-2-butanol is a member of phenols.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 12QWN45UL0 · registered name RHODODENDROL, (±)- · single chemical substance
4-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-2-butanol is a member of phenols.
Source: PubChem
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- Taiwan
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 69617-84-1
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 274-056-1
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID20867834
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID30220496
- IUPAC
- 4-(3-Hydroxybutyl)phenol
- Molecular formula
- C10H14O2
- Molecular weight
- 166.22 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.
- Fragrance1
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
- Metabolism of Enantiomers of Rhododendrol in Human Skin Homogenate · 2022
- Rhododendrol‐induced leukoderma update I: Clinical findings and treatment · 2021
- A case of non‐rhododendrol whitening cosmetifucs‐induced leukoderma · 2019
- Substantial evidence for the rhododendrol-induced generation of hydroxyl radicals that causes melanocyte cytotoxicity and induces chemical leukoderma. · 2018
- Leukoderma induced by rhododendrol is different from leukoderma of vitiligo in pathogenesis: A novel comparative morphological study · 2018
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- PubChem
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- 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