Sodium cyanate is a cyanate salt and a one-carbon compound.
Definition
Sodium cyanate is a cyanate salt and a one-carbon compound.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 8UFS3JRV8P · registered name Sodium cyanate · single chemical substance
Sodium Cyanate is the organic compound
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
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 917-61-3
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 213-030-6
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 213-030-6 (I)
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2061274
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID3048736
- IUPAC
- Sodium cyanate
- Molecular formula
- CNNaO
- Molecular weight
- 65.007 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Large Crystals · Colorless solid, [Merck Index] Beige powder, [Aldrich MSDS]
- Colour
- colourless
- Melting/freezing point
- 550 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.000000171 ㎜Hg (at 20 C est.)
- Water solubility
- 1.187 ㎎/ℓ (est.)
- Relative density
- 1.937 (g/cm3 at 20 C)
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -4.65 (est.)
- Molecular weight
- 65.01
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 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.
- No specific technical function1
- Intermediate1
- Surface modifier1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
6 skin studies and 3 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 9 studies
- Not classified
Skin Irritation · Screening - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · other guideline: see references below according to - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) 1992 according to EU Method B.6 (Skin Sensitisation) 92/32/EEC - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · other guideline: see references below according to EU Method B.4 (Acute Toxicity: Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (LLNA) · Screening · according to EU Method B.42 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay) 440/2008/EC - Not classified
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Category 2A
Eye Irritation · Screening - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) OECD 1981 according to - Severe Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) OECD 1981 according to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 18
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- 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
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- 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)
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