Official EU label nameGlossary entry 20696

PHENETHYL ALCOHOL

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:60-12-8

EC:200-456-2

Ingredient index records:

PHENETHYL ALCOHOL

Cosmetic functions: FRAGRANCE

2-Phenylethanol

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2 matched or reported names

PHENETHYL ALCOHOLphenylethyl alcohol

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name PHENETHYL ALCOHOL.

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 60-12-8

CAS 60-12-8PubChem CID 6054

2-Phenylethanol

2-phenylethanol is a primary alcohol that is ethanol substituted by a phenyl group at position 2. It has a role as a plant growth retardant, a fragrance, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, a plant metabolite and an Aspergillus metabolite. It is a primary alcohol and a member of benzenes. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: 2-phenylethanol

Molecular formula: C8H10O
Molecular weight: 122.16 g/mol
Exact mass: 122.073164938 Da
XLogP3: 1.4
Topological polar surface area: 20.2 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 1
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

Phenethyl alcoholPhenylethyl alcoholBenzeneethanolPhenylethanolPhenethanol2-Phenylethyl alcoholbeta-PhenylethanolBenzylcarbinol

16 more reported names

beta-Phenylethyl alcohol2-PEA2-HydroxyethylbenzeneEthanol, 2-phenyl-FEMA No. 2858beta-PEAbeta-Hydroxyethylbenzenebeta-FenylethanolNSC-406252ML9LGA7468Phenylethyl alcohol (USP)Phenylethyl alcohol [USP]CHEBI:490002 PhenylethanolCarbinol, Benzylbeta Phenylethanol

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:49000
ChEMBL:CHEMBL448500
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID9026342
PubMed:23107675
PubMed:23091456
PubMed:22998013
PubMed:22980851
PubMed:22927034
PubMed:22898957
PubMed:22883207
PubMed:22816273
PubMed:22806750
PubMed:22771701
PubMed:22757696
PubMed:22749163

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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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