Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII AY30042JFF · registered name TETRABUTYL ETHYLIDENEBISPHENOL · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
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
TETRABUTYL ETHYLIDENEBISPHENOLINCI테트라부틸에틸리덴비스페놀Korean label name (MFDS standard)Phenol, 2,2'-ethylidenebis[4,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 35958-30-6
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 252-816-3
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID4038899
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID2018899
- IUPAC
- 2,2'-(Ethane-1,1-diyl)bis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenol)
- Molecular formula
- C30H46O2
- Molecular weight
- 438.696 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 13 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.
- Antioxidant8
- Stabilizing agent1
- Heat stabilizer1
- Processing aids not otherwise specified1
- UV stabilizer1
- Fragrance1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
Classed as moderate1
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 14
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- 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