Official EU label nameGlossary entry 16472

METHYL BENZOYLFORMATE

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:15206-55-0

EC:239-263-3

Ingredient index records:

METHYL BENZOYLFORMATE

Cosmetic functions: NAIL CONDITIONING

Benzeneacetic acid, .alpha.-oxo-, methyl ester,Methoxycarbonyl Phenyl Ketone

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METHYL BENZOYLFORMATE

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

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 15206-55-0

CAS 15206-55-0PubChem CID 84835

Methyl phenylglyoxalate

Methyl phenylglyoxalate is the methyl ester of phenylglyoxylic acid with methanol. Metabolite observed in cancer metabolism. It has a role as a human metabolite. It is a methyl ester and an alpha-ketoester. It is functionally related to a phenylglyoxylic acid. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: methyl 2-oxo-2-phenylacetate

Molecular formula: C9H8O3
Molecular weight: 164.16 g/mol
Exact mass: 164.047344113 Da
XLogP3: 1.7
Topological polar surface area: 43.4 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 0
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 3
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

Methyl benzoylformateMethyl oxophenylacetateMethyl phenylglyoxylateBenzoylformic acid methyl esterPhenylglyoxylic acid methyl esterPhenylglyoxylic acid, methyl esterBenzeneacetic acid, .alpha.-oxo-, methyl estermethyl oxo(phenyl)acetate

16 more reported names

Glyoxylic acid, phenyl-, methyl esterNSC 171206alpha-oxobenzeneacetic acid methyl ester23F2045STGBenzeneacetic acid, alpha-oxo-, methyl esterEINECS 239-263-3NSC-171206NSC-4098812-Oxo-2-phenylacetic acid methyl esterMETHYL PHENYLOXOACETATEAI3-07037CHEBI:84256EC 239-263-3METHOXYCARBONYL PHENYL KETONEMETHYL 2-PHENYL-2-OXOACETATEMETHYL .ALPHA.-OXOBENZENEACETATE

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:84256
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID9065867
PubMed:21113549
PubMed:20033429
PubMed:19642693
PubMed:19122440
PubMed:18597534
PubMed:18505277
PubMed:17851400
PubMed:16671783
PubMed:16536625
PubMed:16388633
PubMed:16288522
PubMed:15064785

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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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