Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII J46EZ5JYB3 · registered name SODIUM CAPRYLYL SULFONATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name カプリリルスルホン酸Ｎａ: 本品は、次の化学式で表されるカプリリルスルホン酸のナトリウム塩である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 5324-84-5
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 226-195-4
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2027595
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID407595
- IUPAC
- Sodium octane-1-sulfonate
- Molecular formula
- C8H17NaO3S
- Molecular weight
- 216.27 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- CBI, Liquid · 93% by weight: Colorless or yellowish solid, [OECD SIDS] White powder, [Alfa Aesar MSDS]
- Colour
- White powder
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 1.09
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: PubChem · KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 17 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.
- Surfactant (surface active agent)10
- Emulsifier4
- Cleaning agent2
- Intermediate1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 1 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 2 studies
- Category 6.3B (Category 3)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Category 6.4A (Category 2A)
Eye Irritation · Read Across
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem
- 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