1,2-octadecanediol is a glycol that is octadecane bearing two hydroxy substituents located at positions 1 and 2.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 9J9GD77RJI · registered name STEARYL GLYCOL · single chemical substance
1,2-octadecanediol is a glycol that is octadecane bearing two hydroxy substituents located at positions 1 and 2. It is functionally related to an octadecane.
Source: PubChem
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Reviewed by CIR: Safety Assessment of 1,2-Glycols as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 20294-76-2
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 243-711-3
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID101021743
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID00993584
- IUPAC
- Octadecane-1,2-diol
- Molecular formula
- C18H38O2
- Molecular weight
- 286.5 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 4 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 conditioner2
- Viscosity modifier1
- Emulsifier1
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
- SkinIrr2
Skin Irritation · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 15
- AICIS inventory notices (Australia)
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata