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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 11990

HEXYLDODECYL SALICYLATE

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.

Global evidence snapshot

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.

0 markets with evidence
Markets checked
13
Markets with evidence
0
Evidence gaps
13
Resolved identifiers
1

Resolved substance identity

CAS:220778-06-3
Ingredient index records:
HEXYLDODECYL SALICYLATE
Cosmetic functions: HAIR CONDITIONING, SKIN CONDITIONING, SOLVENT

2-Hydroxybenzoic acid, 2-hexyldodecyl ester

1 matched or reported name
HEXYLDODECYL SALICYLATE

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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.

Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 220778-06-3
CAS 220778-06-3PubChem CID 71587650

Hexyldodecyl Salicylate

The Panel concluded that the following ingredients are safe in cosmetics in the present practices of use and concentration described in the safety assessment, when formulated to be non-irritating and non-sensitizing, which may be based on a quantitative risk assessment (QRA)...Hexyldodecyl Salicylate... — Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)

IUPAC name
2-hexyldodecyl 2-hydroxybenzoate
Molecular formula
C25H42O3
Molecular weight
390.6 g/mol
Exact mass
390.31339520 Da
XLogP3
11.1
Topological polar surface area
46.5 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
3
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

0VQ276Y3EFSalicylic acid, 2-hexyldodecyl esterUNII-0VQ276Y3EFRefChem:146370(+-)-HEXYLDODECYL SALICYLATEHEXYLDODECYL SALICYLATE [INCI]HEXYLDODECYL SALICYLATE, (+-)-(+/-)-Hexyldodecyl salicylate
1 more reported name
Hexyldodecyl salicylate, (+/-)-
External database identifiers

Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-08-31 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.

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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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