
Polyethylene Glycol Cetyl Ether
The CIR Expert Panel concluded that the alkyl PEG ethers, listed below, are safe in the present practices of use and concentration described in this safety assessment when formulated to be nonirritating. This assessment is also intended to address future alkyl PEG ether cosmetic ingredients that vary from those ingredients recited herein only by the number of ethylene glycol repeat units...Ceteth-12... — Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)
- IUPAC name
- 2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-(2-hexadecoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethanol
- Molecular formula
- C56H114O21
- Molecular weight
- 1123.5 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 1122.78526064 Da
- XLogP3
- 4.5
- Topological polar surface area
- 205.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 21
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL2355804
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