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4-ETHYLRESORCINOL

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:2896-60-8
Ingredient index records:
4-ETHYLRESORCINOL
Cosmetic functions: ANTIMICROBIAL, HAIR DYEING

4-Ethylresorcinol

1 matched or reported name
4-ETHYLRESORCINOL

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name 4-ETHYLRESORCINOL.

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 2896-60-8
CAS 2896-60-8PubChem CID 17927

4-Ethylresorcinol

4-Ethylresorcinol is a member of resorcinols. — ChEBI

IUPAC name
4-ethylbenzene-1,3-diol
Molecular formula
C8H10O2
Molecular weight
138.16 g/mol
Exact mass
138.068079557 Da
XLogP3
1.3
Topological polar surface area
40.5 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
2
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
2
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

1,3-Benzenediol, 4-ethyl-6-EthylresorcinolResorcinol, 4-ethyl-1,3-Dihydroxy-4-ethylbenzene2,4-Dihydroxy-1-ethylbenzene4-Ethyl-1,3-benzenediolUNII-8YE81T06D58YE81T06D5
16 more reported names
EINECS 220-777-1NSC 62013NSC-62013RefChem:98922Resorcinol, 4-ethyl-(8CI)220-777-1InChI=1/C8H10O2/c1-2-6-3-4-7(9)5-8(6)10/h3-5,9-10H,2H2,1HVGMJYYDKPUPTID-UHFFFAOYSA-N4-ETHYL RESORCINOL4-ethyl-benzene-1,3-diol4-Ethyl-resorcinol2,4-Dihydroxyethylbenzene4-Ethylresorcinol, 98%4-Ethyl-1,3-benzenediol #CHEBI:229015EBC-03126
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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