Official EU label nameGlossary entry 5912

CETETH-20

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:9004-95-9

Ingredient index records:

CETETH-20

Cosmetic functions: CLEANSING, SURFACTANT - CLEANSING, SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hexadecyl-.omega.-hydroxy- (20 mol EO average molar ratio)

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CETETH-20

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None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name CETETH-20.

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 9004-95-9

CAS 9004-95-9PubChem CID 2724259

Polyethylene Glycol Cetyl Ether

The CIR Expert Panel concluded that the alkyl PEG ethers, listed below, are safe in the present practices of use and concentration described in this safety assessment when formulated to be nonirritating. This assessment is also intended to address future alkyl PEG ether cosmetic ingredients that vary from those ingredients recited herein only by the number of ethylene glycol repeat units...Ceteth-12... — Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)

IUPAC name: 2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-[2-(2-hexadecoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethoxy]ethanol

Molecular formula: C56H114O21
Molecular weight: 1123.5 g/mol
Exact mass: 1122.78526064 Da
XLogP3: 4.5
Topological polar surface area: 205.0 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 21
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

CetocireCETOMACROGOLRomopal OCollone ACLubrol WNikkol BCEthosperse CL20Lipocol C2

16 more reported names

Ceteth 2Emulgen 210Nikkol BC 15TXNikkol BC 20TXNikkol BC 30Nikkol BC 40Emalex 105Emalex 110Emalex 115Emalex 120Emulgen 2200Nonion P 208Nonion P 210Cetyl alcohol ethoxylateNissan nonion P 208Nissan nonion P 210

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External database identifiers

ChEMBL:CHEMBL2355804

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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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