Official EU label nameGlossary entry 11861

HEXANAL

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 substance identity

CAS:66-25-1

EC:200-624-5

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HEXANAL

Cosmetic functions: FRAGRANCE

Caproic Aldehyde

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HEXANAL

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 66-25-1

CAS 66-25-1PubChem CID 6184

Hexanal

Hexanal is a saturated fatty aldehyde that is hexane in which one of the terminal methyl group has been mono-oxygenated to form the corresponding aldehyde. It has a role as a human urinary metabolite. It is a n-alkanal, a saturated fatty aldehyde and a medium-chain fatty aldehyde. It derives from a hydride of a hexane. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: hexanal

Molecular formula: C6H12O
Molecular weight: 100.16 g/mol
Exact mass: 100.088815002 Da
XLogP3: 1.8
Topological polar surface area: 17.1 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 0
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 1
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

CaproaldehydeHexaldehydeCaproic aldehyden-HexanalCapronaldehyde1-Hexanaln-CaproaldehydeHexanaldehyde

16 more reported names

HexylaldehydeAldehyde C-6n-CapronaldehydeHexoic aldehyden-Caproylaldehyden-Hexylaldehyden-HexaldehydeC6 aldehyden-Caproic aldehydeKapronaldehydFEMA No. 2557FEMA Number 25579DC2K31JJQNSC-2596CHEBI:88528E-2-hexanal

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:88528
ChEMBL:CHEMBL280331
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID2021604
PubMed:30002397
PubMed:28947239
PubMed:26880647
PubMed:26403475
PubMed:25014914
PubMed:24590062
PubMed:23220587
PubMed:23107699
PubMed:23107692
PubMed:23107676
PubMed:23017416
PubMed:22975052

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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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