Official EU label nameGlossary entry 10072

ETHYL HYDROXYPYRONE

This record confirms an official common ingredient name for EU cosmetic product labelling. It does not by itself confirm that the substance is permitted, unrestricted or safe.

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The resolved identity has matching regulatory evidence in 0 of 13 indexed market datasets: 0 country records and 0 EU Annex records. Every result and evidence gap is listed below.

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Resolved identifiers

Resolved substance identity

CAS:4940-11-8

EC:225-582-5

Ingredient index records:

ETHYL HYDROXYPYRONE

Cosmetic functions: FRAGRANCE, PERFUMING

2-Ethyl-3-hydroxy-4H-pyran-4-one; Ethyl maltol

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ETHYL HYDROXYPYRONE

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name ETHYL HYDROXYPYRONE.

That is a statement about this inventory, not about the law: no imported rule is not evidence that a substance is permitted. A rule may exist under a different name, under a CAS or EC number this glossary entry does not carry, or in a dataset not yet imported.

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 4940-11-8

CAS 4940-11-8PubChem CID 21059

Ethyl Maltol

Ethyl maltol is a pyranone. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: 2-ethyl-3-hydroxypyran-4-one

Molecular formula: C7H8O3
Molecular weight: 140.14 g/mol
Exact mass: 140.047344113 Da
XLogP3: 0.8
Topological polar surface area: 46.5 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 3
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

2-Ethyl-3-hydroxy-4H-pyran-4-one2-Ethyl-3-hydroxy-4-pyroneEthylmaltolVeltol plus3-Hydroxy-2-ethyl-4-pyrone2-Ethylpyromeconic acid4H-PYRAN-4-ONE, 2-ETHYL-3-HYDROXY-2-Ethyl pyromeconic acid

16 more reported names

Ethyl HydroxypyroneFEMA No. 3487L6Q8K29L05NSC-638851RefChem:138985225-582-53-Hydroxy-2-ethyl-4H-pyran-4-oneMaltol-ethyl3-Hydroxy-2-ethyl-1,4-pyrone2-Ethyl-3-hydroxy-pyran-4-oneETHYL MALTOL [II]ETHYL MALTOL [MI]ETHYL MALTOL [FCC]E6373-Hydroxy-2-ethyl-.gamma.-pyroneAS-13959

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:169105
ChEMBL:CHEMBL121557
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5041516
PubMed:37606557
PubMed:33271249
PubMed:22705675
PubMed:22116759
PubMed:21919354
PubMed:21873604
PubMed:21842199
PubMed:21727038
PubMed:19162329
PubMed:18551832
PubMed:17992287
PubMed:17941116

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Official source and scope

Imported from Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 (dataset version EU 2025/1175). The glossary supplies common ingredient names for the ingredient list required by Article 19(1)(g); it is not an approval or safety list.

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