Official EU label nameGlossary entry 6234

CHLOROTHYMOL

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 identifiers

Resolved substance identity

CAS:89-68-9

EC:201-930-1

Ingredient index records:

CHLOROTHYMOL

Cosmetic functions: ANTIMICROBIAL, ANTIPLAQUE, DENATURANT, DEODORANT, ORAL CARE

Phenol, 4-chloro-5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-

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2 matched or reported names

CHLOROTHYMOLchlorothymol

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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.

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 89-68-9

CAS 89-68-9PubChem CID 6982

Chlorothymol

The CIR Expert panel concludes Sodium p-Chloro-m-Cresol, p-Chloro-m-Cresol, Chlorothymol, m-Cresol, o-Cresol, Isopropyl Cresols, Thymol, o-Cymen-5-ol, Cavacrol are safe at concentrations up to 0.5% in cosmetics; however, the available data are insufficient to support the safety of p-Cresol and Mixed Cresols for use in cosmetic products. — Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)

IUPAC name: 4-chloro-5-methyl-2-propan-2-ylphenol

Molecular formula: C10H13ClO
Molecular weight: 184.66 g/mol
Exact mass: 184.0654927 Da
XLogP3: 3.9
Topological polar surface area: 20.2 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 1
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

4-Chloro-2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol6-Chlorothymol4-ChlorothymolChlorthymolTHYMOL, 6-CHLORO-Caswell No. 2164-Chlor-2-isopropyl-5-methylphenolPhenol, 4-chloro-5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-

16 more reported names

4-Chloro-6-isopropyl-3-methylphenol4-Chloro-5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)phenolLJ25TI0CVTChlorothymol [NF]NSC-4964UNII-LJ25TI0CVTEINECS 201-930-1EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 080403NSC 406261NSC-406261Pioral (TN)BRN 2084453Caniprevent [veterinary] (TN)MONOCHLOROTHYMOLAI3-00120CHLOROTHYMOL [MI]

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External database identifiers

ChEMBL:CHEMBL1441646
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID2041547
PubMed:22438954
PubMed:19188039
PubMed:17111463
PubMed:16835130
PubMed:16497524
PubMed:11266322

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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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