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55529

2-Ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

4-Methoxycinnamic acid 2-ethylhexyl ester, OMC, Octyl methoxycinnamate

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C18H26O3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
290.40
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
226-775-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
5946632
MDL number:
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grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

assay

≥98.0% (GC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.545

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

CCCCC(CC)COC(=O)\C=C\c1ccc(OC)cc1

InChI

1S/C18H26O3/c1-4-6-7-15(5-2)14-21-18(19)13-10-16-8-11-17(20-3)12-9-16/h8-13,15H,4-7,14H2,1-3H3/b13-10+

InChI key

YBGZDTIWKVFICR-JLHYYAGUSA-N

General description

2-Ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate is a commonly used chemical UV filter, which can generally find applications as a sunscreen ingredient.

Application

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Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Other Notes

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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 4

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

379.4 °F

flash_point_c

193 °C



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Experimental and theoretical studies on the photodegradation of 2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate in the presence of reactive oxygen and chlorine species
Gackowska A, et al.
open chemistry, 12, 612-623 (2014)
Measurements of octanol?air partition coefficients, vapor pressures and vaporization enthalpies of the (E) and (Z) isomers of the 2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxycinnamate as parameters of environmental impact assessment
Pegoraro.NC, et al.
Chemosphere, 138, 546-552 (2015)
Wenlan Song et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1384, 28-36 (2015-02-11)
A novel zinc-zinc oxide (Zn-ZnO) nanosheets coating was directly fabricated on an etched stainless steel wire substrate as solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber via previous electrodeposition of robust Zn coating. The scanning electron micrograph of the Zn-ZnO nanosheets coated fiber exhibits



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
724726-5G04061832688312
55529-100MG04061832582566