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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 8089

DEA-CETYL SULFATE

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:51541-51-6
EC:257-260-5
Ingredient index records:
DEA-CETYL SULFATE
Cosmetic functions: SURFACTANT - CLEANSING, SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING

Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium hexadecyl sulphate

Inventory restriction note: II/411

1 matched or reported name
DEA-CETYL SULFATE

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name DEA-CETYL SULFATE.

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 51541-51-6
CAS 51541-51-6PubChem CID 162646

DEA-Cetyl sulfate

The CIR Expert Panel concluded that diethanolamine and the 16 related salts listed below are safe in the present practices of use and concentration when formulated to be non-irritating. The Expert Panel cautions that ingredients should not be used in cosmetic products in which N-nitroso compounds can be formed. — Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)

IUPAC name
hexadecyl hydrogen sulfate;2-(2-hydroxyethylamino)ethanol
Molecular formula
C20H45NO6S
Molecular weight
427.6 g/mol
Exact mass
427.29675933 Da
Topological polar surface area
124.0 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
4
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
7
Covalent units
2
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

Diethanolamine hexadecyl sulfateDiethanolamine cetyl sulfatediethanolammonium cetyl sulfateL3T402CA2BEINECS 257-260-5Hexadecyl sulfate (1:1), diethanolamine saltRefChem:585238DEA-CETYL SULFATE [INCI]
4 more reported names
Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium hexadecyl sulphateUNII-L3T402CA2BPJDFMXWUFDUYTG-UHFFFAOYSA-NHexadecyl hydrogen sulfate--2,2'-azanediyldi(ethan-1-ol) (1/1)
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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