Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 4NC0T56V35 · registered name PHENOLATE SODIUM · single chemical substance
Phenol, Sodium Salt
Cosmetic roles
Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIAL
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
SODIUM PHENOXIDEINCI소듐페녹사이드Korean label name (MFDS standard)Phenol, sodium saltSynonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 139-02-6
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 205-347-3
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID4027072
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID607072
- IUPAC
- Sodium phenoxide
- Molecular formula
- C6H5NaO
- Molecular weight
- 116.095 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Sodium phenolate, solid appears as a white to reddish colored solid in the form of crystalline rods. Used as an antiseptic and in organic synthesis. · Colorless solid, [Merck Index] White deliquescent solid, [Hawley] White to reddish deliquescent solid, [HSDB] Powder, [MSDSonline]
- Melting point
- 384 °C
- Solubility
- Very soluble in water · Soluble in alcohol
- pH
- Aqueous solution is caustic
- Colour
- white
- Melting/freezing point
- 384 ℃
- Upper/lower flammability or explosive limits
- - / -
- Vapour pressure
- 0.000000026 ㎜Hg (@ 25 ℃, est.)
- Water solubility
- 1000000 ㎎/ℓ (@ 25 ℃, est.)
- Vapour density
- 4.01
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -1.17 (est.)
- Molecular weight
- 116.10
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 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.
- Biocide1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 17
- 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
- PubChem
- 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
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