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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 5957

CETRIMONIUM TOSYLATE

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:138-32-9
EC:205-324-8
Ingredient index records:
CETRIMONIUM TOSYLATE
Cosmetic functions: ANTIMICROBIAL, ANTISTATIC, HAIR CONDITIONING, SURFACTANT - CLEANSING, SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING

Hexadecyltrimethylammonium toluene-p-sulphonate

1 matched or reported name
CETRIMONIUM TOSYLATE

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name CETRIMONIUM TOSYLATE.

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 138-32-9
CAS 138-32-9PubChem CID 9868636

Trimethylcetylammonium p-toluenesulfonate

IUPAC name
hexadecyl(trimethyl)azanium;4-methylbenzenesulfonate
Molecular formula
C26H49NO3S
Molecular weight
455.7 g/mol
Exact mass
455.34331560 Da
Topological polar surface area
65.6 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
0
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
3
Covalent units
2
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

Cetyltrimethylammonium p-toluenesulfonateN,N,N-Trimethyl-1-hexadecanaminium, salt with 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid (1:1)RefChem:575373Cetrimonium tosylate1-Hexadecanaminium, N,N,N-trimethyl-, 4-methylbenzenesulfonate (1:1)Hexadecyltrimethylammonium p-toluenesulfonateN,N,N-Trimethylhexadecan-1-aminium 4-methylbenzenesulfonatecetyltrimethylammonium tosylate
16 more reported names
Hexadecyltrimethylammonium toluene-p-sulphonate1P489GK6ARhexadecyltrimethylazanium 4-methylbenzene-1-sulfonate1-Hexadecanaminium, N,N,N-trimethyl-, salt with 4-methylbenzenesulfonic acid (1:1)cetatsTRICETOLUNII-1P489GK6ARHexadecyltrimethylammonium p-toluolsulfonateSterilene (TN)Cetrimonium tosilateEINECS 205-324-8CTAOTOSQUATROLHexadecyltrimethylammonium (p-toluenesulfonate)C26H49NO3SMZMRZONIDDFOGF-UHFFFAOYSA-M
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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