Official EU label nameGlossary entry 13299

HYDROXYLAURIC ACID

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:2984-55-6

EC:221-048-0

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HYDROXYLAURIC ACID

Cosmetic functions: SKIN CONDITIONING

dl-2-Hydroxydodecanoic acid

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HYDROXYLAURIC ACID

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

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 2984-55-6

CAS 2984-55-6PubChem CID 97783

Hydroxylauric Acid

2-hydroxydodecanoic acid is a monohydroxy fatty acid with a lauric acid core substituted at position 2 by a hydroxy group, which confers chirality; a component of cellular lipids in Pseudomonas strains. It is a 2-hydroxy fatty acid and a 2-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid. It is functionally related to a dodecanoic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 2-hydroxydodecanoate. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: 2-hydroxydodecanoic acid

Molecular formula: C12H24O3
Molecular weight: 216.32 g/mol
Exact mass: 216.17254462 Da
XLogP3: 4.2
Topological polar surface area: 57.5 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 2
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 3
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

2-Hydroxylauric acid2-hydroxy lauric acidDodecanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-62H8XD5QSU2-OH-C12EINECS 221-048-0NSC-39025DL-2-HYDROXYLAURIC ACID

16 more reported names

ALPHA HYDROXY LAURIC ACIDCHEBI:36211DL-2-HYDROXYDODECANOIC ACIDNSC 39025.ALPHA.-HYDROXYDODECANOIC ACIDRefChem:789523alpha-hydroxydodecanoic acidHYDROXYLAURIC ACID [INCI](+-)-ALPHA-HYDROXYLAURIC ACID(+-)-2-HYDROXYDODECANOIC ACID(+-)-.ALPHA.-HYDROXYLAURIC ACID221-048-0Dodecanoic acid, hydroxy-alpha-Hydroxy lauric acid2-hydroxy-dodecanoic acid(+/-)-2-hydroxydodecanoic acid

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:36211
ChEMBL:CHEMBL4278254
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID501021252
PubMed:23449982
PubMed:21687748
PubMed:21530917
PubMed:21106097
PubMed:18323682
PubMed:17967899
PubMed:15819983
PubMed:15143034
PubMed:14657147
PubMed:11690636
PubMed:11434910

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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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