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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 29815

VANILLYL BUTYL ETHER

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:82654-98-6
Ingredient index records:
VANILLYL BUTYL ETHER
Cosmetic functions: FRAGRANCE, HAIR CONDITIONING, ORAL CARE, SKIN CONDITIONING

Phenol, 4-(Butoxymethyl)-2-Methoxy-

1 matched or reported name
VANILLYL BUTYL ETHER

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name VANILLYL BUTYL ETHER.

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 82654-98-6
CAS 82654-98-6PubChem CID 5084146

Vanillyl Butyl Ether

Vanillyl butyl ether is an ether of monohydroxybenzoic acid. It is added to food products as a flavoring agent. It is also present in cosmetics and personal care products as a fragrance ingredient, oral care agent, hair conditioning agent, and warming or cooling agent. — DrugBank

IUPAC name
4-(butoxymethyl)-2-methoxyphenol
Molecular formula
C12H18O3
Molecular weight
210.27 g/mol
Exact mass
210.125594432 Da
XLogP3
1.8
Topological polar surface area
38.7 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
3
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

Butyl vanillyl etherPhenol, 4-(butoxymethyl)-2-methoxy-FEMA No. 3796UNII-S2ULN37C9RS2ULN37C9RVANILLYL BUTYL ETHER [WHO-DD]VANILLYL BUTYL ETHER [FHFI]RefChem:193701
16 more reported names
VANILLYL BUTYL ETHER [INCI]444-010-7617-372-0VLDFMKOUUQYFGF-UHFFFAOYSA-N4-(Butoxymethyl)-2-methoxy-PhenolVanillyl butyl ether, >=96%, FGCS-W015110DS-63754-(Butoxymethyl)-2-methoxyphenol, 9CIEN300-7380608Vanillyl butyl ether, >=96%Phenol, 4-(butoxymethyl)-2-metHMS5082L07EBC-26207s3965CCG-266649
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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