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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 9269

DISODIUM 2-SULFOSTEARATE

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:5802-91-5
Ingredient index records:
DISODIUM 2-SULFOSTEARATE
Cosmetic functions: SURFACTANT - CLEANSING

Disodium 2-Sulfostearate is the disodium salt of 2-sulfostearic acid that conforms generally to the formula

1 matched or reported name
DISODIUM 2-SULFOSTEARATE

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name DISODIUM 2-SULFOSTEARATE.

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 5802-91-5
CAS 5802-91-5PubChem CID 110713

Octadecanoic acid, 2-sulfo-, sodium salt (1:2)

IUPAC name
disodium;2-sulfonatooctadecanoate
Molecular formula
C18H34Na2O5S
Molecular weight
408.5 g/mol
Exact mass
408.19223392 Da
Topological polar surface area
106.0 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
0
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
5
Covalent units
3
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

Octadecanoic acid, 2-sulfo-, disodium saltEINECS 227-356-1RefChem:855648Disodium 2-sulphonatooctadecanoateOctadecanoic acid, 2-sulfo-, sodium saltdisodium 2-sulfonatooctadecanoateDBKJZAWCDAODRC-UHFFFAOYSA-L
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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