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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 176

2,6-DICARBOXYPYRIDINE

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
2

Resolved substance identity

CAS:499-83-2
EC:207-894-3
Ingredient index records:
2,6-DICARBOXYPYRIDINE
Cosmetic functions: CHELATING

2,6-Pyridinedicarboxylic acid

1 matched or reported name
2,6-DICARBOXYPYRIDINE

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name 2,6-DICARBOXYPYRIDINE.

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 499-83-2
CAS 499-83-2PubChem CID 10367

2,6-Pyridinedicarboxylic acid

Dipicolinic acid is a pyridinedicarboxylic acid carrying two carboxy groups at positions 2 and 6. It has a role as a bacterial metabolite. It is a conjugate acid of a dipicolinate(1-). — ChEBI

IUPAC name
pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid
Molecular formula
C7H5NO4
Molecular weight
167.12 g/mol
Exact mass
167.02185764 Da
XLogP3
0.6
Topological polar surface area
87.5 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
2
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
5
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

Dipicolinic acid2,6-Dipicolinic acid2,6-DicarboxypyridineUE81S5CQ0GNSC-176CHEBI:46837RefChem:134748207-894-3
16 more reported names
DipicolinateDPACpydcH2EINECS 207-894-3Oprea1_5336326-CARBOXYPICOLINIC ACIDPYRIDINE-2,6-DICARBOXYLICACIDEN300-18133L-042,134NSC 176UNII-UE81S5CQ0GDipicolinicAcid2,6-pyridine dicarboxylic acidpyridine-22,6-Pyridinedicarboxyl4ih3
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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