Cosmetic roles
Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
VALERALDEHYDE HEXYLENEGLYCOL ACETALINCI1,3-Dioxane, 2-butyl-4,4,6-trimethyl-Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 54546-26-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 259-210-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID0052205
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID2030776
- IUPAC
- 2-Butyl-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,3-dioxane
- Molecular formula
- C11H22O2
- Molecular weight
- 186.295 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 2 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.
- Fragrance2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 skin studies and 1 eye studies are on record.
Classed as low2
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.
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- Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · equivalent or similar to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · other guideline: FDA of the United. States (Fed. Reg. 28 (119), 5582, 1963) equivalent or similar to other guideline: Draize and Kelley (Drug Cosmet. Industr. 71 (1952) 36) equivalent or similar to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard