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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 14984

LAURETH-6

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
4

Resolved substance identity

CAS:3055-96-768439-50-9
EC:221-282-3500-213-3
Ingredient index records:
LAURETH-6
Cosmetic functions: SURFACTANT - CLEANSING, SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING

3,6,9,12,15,18-Hexaoxatriacontan-1-ol

1 matched or reported name
LAURETH-6

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name LAURETH-6.

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 3055-96-7
CAS 3055-96-7PubChem CID 18282

3,6,9,12,15,18-Hexaoxatriacontan-1-ol

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...Laureth-6... — Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)

IUPAC name
2-[2-[2-[2-[2-(2-dodecoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethanol
Molecular formula
C24H50O7
Molecular weight
450.6 g/mol
Exact mass
450.35565393 Da
XLogP3
4.4
Topological polar surface area
75.6 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
7
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

Hexaoxyethylene dodecyl etherPEG-6 Lauryl etherJ2N33740SHRefChem:91677n-dodecyl hexaoxyethylene glycol ether221-282-3Hexaethylene glycol monododecyl etherLaureth-6
16 more reported names
Hexaethylene glycol dodecyl etherLauryl hexaethoxylateDodecyl hexaethylene glycolHEXAETHYLENEGLYCOLMONODODECYLETHERHexaethylene glycol lauryl etherHexaoxyethylene dodecyl monoetherHexa(oxydiethanol) monodecyl etherEINECS 221-282-3UNII-J2N33740SHDODECYL HEXAOXYETHYLENE MONOETHERBRN 17153673,6,9,12,15,18-Hexaoxa-1-triacontanol4-01-00-02407 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)Hexaethylene glycol mono-n-dodecyl etherHexaethylene glycol monododecyl ether, semisolidC12E6
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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