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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 26676

SODIUM HYDROXYMETHANE SULFONATE

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:870-72-4
EC:212-800-9
Ingredient index records:
SODIUM HYDROXYMETHANE SULFONATE
Cosmetic functions: ANTIMICROBIAL, REDUCING

Sodium hydroxymethanesulphonate

1 matched or reported name
SODIUM HYDROXYMETHANE SULFONATE

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name SODIUM HYDROXYMETHANE SULFONATE.

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 870-72-4
CAS 870-72-4PubChem CID 2723822

Sodium Formaldehyde Bisulfite

IUPAC name
sodium hydroxymethanesulfonate
Molecular formula
CH3NaO4S
Molecular weight
134.09 g/mol
Exact mass
133.96497403 Da
Topological polar surface area
85.8 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
4
Covalent units
2
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

Formaldehyde sodium bisulfiteFormbisSodium hydroxymethanesulphonateHydroxymethanesulfonic acid monosodium saltSodium formaldehydebisulfiteHSDB 5766Sodium hydroxymethylsulfonateNSC 2441
16 more reported names
EINECS 212-800-9UNII-I566KHA05FFormaldehyde sulfite sodium saltI566KHA05FMonosodium hydroxymethanesulfonateAI3-23356Methanesulfonic acid, hydroxy-, sodium saltFormaldehyde-sodium bisulfite compoundFormaldehyde, compd with monosodium sulfite (1:1)Formaldehyde, compd with sodium hydrogen sulfate (1:1)Hydroxymethanesulfonic acid, monosodium saltSulfuric acid, monosodium salt, compd with formaldehyde (1:1)Sulfurous acid, monosodium salt, compd with formaldehyde (1:1)1-Hydroxymethanesulfonic acid sodium salt (1:1)NSC-2441FORMALDEHYDE SODIUM BISULFITE [MI]
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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