Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII M2Y6E4N2TS · registered name TEREPHTHALDEHYDE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
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
TEREPHTHALALDEHYDEINCI1,4-BenzenedicarboxaldehydeSynonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 623-27-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID6060769
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID9043300
- IUPAC
- Benzene-1,4-dicarbaldehyde
- Molecular formula
- C8H6O2
- Molecular weight
- 134.134 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Melting/freezing point
- 117 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 246 ℃
- Flash point
- 76 ℃
- Water solubility
- 200 ㎎/ℓ(20℃)
- Vapour density
- 4.6
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 1.43
- Molecular weight
- 134.133
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: 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.
- Preservative1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 13
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- Tlooto literature search 2
- 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
- Wikipedia · English · Chinese