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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 21024

PIGMENT RED 173 ALUMINUM LAKE

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
1

Resolved substance identity

CAS:12227-77-9
Ingredient index records:
PIGMENT RED 173 ALUMINUM LAKE
Cosmetic functions: COLORANT

Pigment Red 173 Aluminum Lake is an insoluble pigment composed of the aluminum salt of Basic Violet 10 (q.v.) extended on an appropriate substrate. It conforms to the formula

1 matched or reported name
PIGMENT RED 173 ALUMINUM LAKE

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name PIGMENT RED 173 ALUMINUM LAKE.

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 12227-77-9
CAS 12227-77-9PubChem CID 11979402

9-(2-carboxyphenyl)-3,6-bis(diethylamino)xanthylium chloride, aluminium salt

IUPAC name
aluminum;tris(2-[3-(diethylamino)-6-diethylazaniumylidenexanthen-9-yl]benzoate);trichloride
Molecular formula
C84H90AlCl3N6O9
Molecular weight
1461.0 g/mol
Exact mass
1458.565025 Da
Topological polar surface area
167.0 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
0
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
15
Covalent units
7
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

EINECS 235-439-9Xanthylium, 9-(2-carboxyphenyl)-3,6-bis(diethylamino)-, chloride, aluminum saltRefChem:312754235-439-9aluminum;2-[3-(diethylamino)-6-diethylazaniumylidenexanthen-9-yl]benzoate;trichlorideC84H90AlCl3N6O99-(2-Carboxyphenyl)-3,6-bis(diethylamino)xanthylium chloride , aluminium saltaluminum;2-[3-(diethylamino)-6-diethyliminio-xanthen-9-yl]benzoate;trichloride
1 more reported name
Aluminium chloride - 2-[6-(diethylamino)-3-(diethyliminio)-3H-xanthen-9-yl]benzoate (1:3:3)
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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