ACETONE
Acetone
ACETONE is listed in the EU CosIng inventory, but no direct annex records are linked on this page yet.
Regulatory evidence by market
No rule for this ingredient has been imported for any of the 13 markets tracked here.
That describes this inventory, not the law. No imported rule is not evidence that an ingredient is permitted: a rule may exist under another name or identifier, or in a dataset not yet imported here.
Chemical identity and properties
Acetone
Acetone is a methyl ketone that consists of propane bearing an oxo group at C2. It has a role as a polar aprotic solvent, a human metabolite and an EC 3.5.1.4 (amidase) inhibitor. It is a volatile organic compound, a member of propanones, a methyl ketone and a ketone body. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- propan-2-one
- Molecular formula
- C3H6O
- Molecular weight
- 58.08 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 58.041864811 Da
- XLogP3
- -0.1
- Topological polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:15347
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL14253
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID8021482
- PubMed:33358762
- PubMed:33064461
- PubMed:28003437
- PubMed:26275123
- PubMed:23125869
- PubMed:23125765
- PubMed:23125581
- PubMed:23124447
- PubMed:23118725
- PubMed:23118724
- PubMed:23116037
- PubMed:23104821
Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-08-31 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.
Inventory details for ACETONE
INCI name
ACETONE
INN name
acetone
Description
Acetone
Record provenance
- Inventory reference
- 31573
- Imported identity
- ACETONE
- Source update
- 03/08/2020
Annex records for ACETONE
Key data
- DENATURANT
- Rendering cosmetics unpalatable. Mostly added to cosmetics containing ethyl alcohol to make it unsuitable for ingestion.
- FRAGRANCE
- Imparting an odour or taste. Creating a perceivable pleasant smell and/or masking a bad smell.
- SOLVENT
- Dissolving other components of cosmetics. Solvents are usually liquids (aqueous and nonaqueous).
Official EU ingredient-name evidence
The ingredient name exactly matches the official 2025 EU glossary of common ingredient names.
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How ACETONE appears in the CosIng inventory
The CosIng inventory lists ACETONE as a cosmetic ingredient and this page links it to 0 annex records. The inventory entry captures names and identifiers, while the annex records show where the substance is prohibited, restricted or positively listed in EU cosmetics law.
ACETONE is also tagged with 3 cosmetic functions in the official data. Function labels describe intended use, but they do not replace regulatory review of linked annex records before formulation or labelling work.
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Source note for ACETONE
This page reproduces the CosIng inventory entry for ACETONE from public European Commission cosmetic ingredient materials and shows linked identifiers even when no direct annex match is currently attached.
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