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PHENOXYETHANOL

CAS NUMBER: 122-99-6

EC NUMBER: 204-589-7

MOLECULAR FORMULA: C6H5OC2H4OH

MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 138.16

IUPAC NAME: 2-phenoxyethanol

Phenoxyethanol is a preservative used in many cosmetics and personal care products.
Chemically, Phenoxyethanol is known as a glycol ether, or in other words, a solvent

Phenoxyethanol is as “an oily, slightly sticky liquid with a faint rose-like scent.”
Phenoxyethanol’s often used as a preservative or stabilizer for other ingredients that might otherwise deteriorate, spoil, or become less effective too quickly.

Phenoxyethanol is also used in other industries, including in vaccines and textiles.
Phenoxyethanol founds as an ingredient in a wide variety of cosmetics and hygiene products, including:
-perfume

-foundation

-blush

-lipstick

-soaps

-hand sanitizer

-ultrasound gel, and more

Phenoxyethanol is an ingredient in cosmetic products that serves as a preservative.
In soaps and perfumes, Phenoxyethanol is used as a stabilizer.

Phenoxyethanol is an oily, sticky substance with a pleasant odor often compared to roses.
Cosmetic products, soaps, and detergents are prone to going bad, just like the food we eat.

Phenoxyethanol helps to prevent fungi, bacteria, and yeast from growing in your products.
This gives them a longer shelf life and ensures safety.

Products that contain phenoxyethanol include:
*Eye shadow
*Sunscreen
*Mascara and eyeliner
*Shampoo and conditioner
*Foundation and concealer
*Hand cream
*Blush
*Hair color
*Hair spray
*Lip balm and gloss
*Lotion and moisturizer
*Nail polish
*Baby wipes‌

Baby lotions and soaps that contain phenoxyethanol:
*Soap and body wash
*Shaving cream
*Deodorant
*Toothpaste
*Perfume and fragrance
*Hair removal waxes
*Hand sanitizer‌
*Ultrasound gel

Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that's used in cosmetics
Phenoxyethanol also can used in perfumes and toiletries.

Phenoxyethanol's colorless
Phenoxyethanol has a oily form
Phenoxyethanol has a rose-like odor.

Phenoxyethanol is used to fight bacteria.
Most personal care products are made with a lot of water and various nutrients which creates an incredibly hospitable breeding ground for microorganisms.

Phenoxyethanol can used as a preservative in a few products.
Phenoxyethanol, also called ethylene glycol phenyl ether, is an oily, colorless liquid with a pleasant odor.
Phenoxyethanol occurs naturally in green tea but can also be synthesized for commercial use

Phenoxyethanol is a preservative, solvent, and antimicrobial ingredient in cosmetics and pharmaceutical products such as:
-antibiotic ointments

-bath products

-nail care products

-eardrops

-perfume

-makeup

-detergent

-vaccines and other products

How Phenoxyethanol Is Made?
Phenoxyethanol is typically made by treating phenol with ethylene oxide in an alkaline medium.

The resulting ingredient is light in color and has a mild rose odor.
Cosmetic-grade phenoxyethanol is highly purified and typically does not have an odor or color.

Phenoxyethanol is the organic compound with the formula C6H5OC2H4OH.
Phenoxyethanol is a colorless oily liquid.
Phenoxyethanol can be classified as a glycol ether and a phenol ether.
Phenoxyethanol is a common preservative in vaccine formulations

USES OF PHENOXYETHANOL:
Phenoxyethanol has germicidal and germistatic properties.
Phenoxyethanol is often used together with quaternary ammonium compounds.

Phenoxyethanol is used as:
-a perfume fixative
-an insect repellent
-an antiseptic
-a solvent for cellulose acetate
-dyes
-inks
-resins
-a preservative for pharmaceuticals
-cosmetics and lubricants
-an anesthetic in fish aquaculture
-and in organic synthesis

Phenoxyethanol is an alternative to formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.
In Japan and the European Union, Phenoxyethanol's concentration in cosmetics is restricted to 1%.

Production
Phenoxyethanol is produced by the hydroxyethylation of phenol (Williamson synthesis), for example, in the presence of alkali-metal hydroxides or alkali-metal borohydrides

Phenoxyethanol in skin care is used as a preservative.
Although the kind of phenoxyethanol used in skin care is synthetic.
Phenoxyethanol is actually found in nature, specifically in green tea and chicory.

Benefits of Phenoxyethanol:
There are many benefits to using phenoxyethanol as a preservative in skin care, not the least of which is that it extends the shelf life of products drastically.
Without a preservative like phenoxyethanol, most skin care products would be useless in a very short period of time.
They could also be potential carriers of bacteria and fungi to the skin, causing visible infections--not a great look!

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES:

-Molecular Weight: 138.16

-XLogP3: 1.2

-Exact Mass: 138.068079557

-Monoisotopic Mass: 138.068079557

-Topological Polar Surface Area: 29.5 Å²

-Physical Description: OILY COLOURLESS LIQUID WITH CHARACTERISTIC ODOUR.

-Color: Colorless

-Form: Oily Liquid

-Density: 1.104

-Odor: Faint aromatic odor

-Taste: Burning taste

-Boiling Point: 245.2 °C

-Melting Point: 14 °C

-Flash Point: 127 °C

-Solubility: 0.19 M

-Vapor Density: 4.8

-Vapor Pressure: 0.007 mm Hg

-LogP: 1.16

-Henry's Law constant: 4.9X10-8 atm-cu m/mole

-Autoignition Temperature: 500 °C

-Viscosity: 20.5 c

-Heat of Combustion: 958 kcal/mole

-Surface Tension: 42.0 dynes/cm

-Index of refraction: 1.534 at 20 °C/D

-pKa: 15.10 at 25 °C

-Relative Evaporation Rate: < 0.01

Phenoxyethanol is also chemically stable, which means it won’t alter the state or fragrance of your skin care (if you’ve ever opened a jar of moisturizer or perfume that’s been unopened for a long time you know why that’s so important!).
Not only that, Phenoxyethanol’s biodegradable--so much better for the planet!
Plus, Phenoxyethanol even smells good—some would say like a flower!

But perhaps most importantly, Phenoxyethanol’s safer than other preservatives like parabens, which may mimic estrogen and therefore increase the chance of breast cancer.
Phenoxyethanol’s also considered to be safer than formaldehyde, another popular preservative.

Phenoxyethanol is an aromatic ether that is phenol substituted on oxygen by a 2-hydroxyethyl group.
Phenoxyethanol has a role as an antiinfective agent and a central nervous system depressant.

Phenoxyethanol is a primary alcohol, a glycol ether and an aromatic ether.
Phenoxyethanol derives from a phenol.

Phenoxyethanol is a natural product found in Cichorium endivia and Allium cepa with data available.
Phenoxyethanol is a colorless liquid with a pleasant odor.
Phenoxyethanol's density 1.02 g / cm3.

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:

-Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 1

-Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 2

-Rotatable Bond Count: 3

-Heavy Atom Count: 10

-Formal Charge: 0

-Complexity: 77.3

-Isotope Atom Count: 0

-Defined Atom Stereocenter Count: 0

-Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count: 0

-Defined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0

-Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0

-Covalently-Bonded Unit Count: 1

-Compound Is Canonicalized: Yes

Phenoxyethanol is an ingredient in cosmetic products that serves as a preservative.
In soaps and perfumes, Phenoxyethanol is used as a stabilizer.
Phenoxyethanol is an oily, sticky substance with a pleasant odor often compared to roses.

Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that's used in cosmetics
Phenoxyethanol also can used in perfumes and toiletries.
Phenoxyethanol's colorless
Phenoxyethanol has a rose-like odor.

Phenoxyethanol is used as a preservative in cosmetic products and also as a stabilizer in perfumes and soaps.
Phenoxyethanol can be found naturally in green tea, but the commercial ingredient is synthetically produced in a laboratory, creating what’s termed a “nature identical” chemical.
Phenoxyethanol is used to fight bacteria.
Most personal care products are made with a lot of water and various nutrients which creates an incredibly hospitable breeding ground for microorganisms.

SYNONYMS:

2-PHENOXYETHANOL
Phenoxyethanol
Ethylene glycol monophenyl ether
Ethanol, 2-phenoxy-
Phenyl cellosolve
Phenoxytol
Phenoxethol
Phenoxetol
Ethylene glycol phenyl ether
2-Phenoxyethan-1-Ol
Phenoxyethyl alcohol
1-Hydroxy-2-phenoxyethane
Rose ether
Phenylmonoglycol ether
Arosol
Dowanol EP
2-Phenoxyethyl alcohol
Glycol monophenyl ether
2-Hydroxyethyl phenyl ether
Phenylglycol
Fenyl-cellosolve
2-Fenoxyethanol
Dowanol EPH
2-Phenoxy-ethanol
Emery 6705
Emeressence 1160
Fenylcelosolv
beta-Hydroxyethyl phenyl ether
2-phenoxy ethanol
Phenoxyethanol
.beta.-Hydroxyethyl phenyl ether
.beta.-Phenoxyethyl alcohol
Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), alpha-phenyl-omega-hydroxy-
Fenylcelosolv
2-Fenoxyethanol
Fenyl-cellosolve
Plastiazan-41
Plastiazan-41
Phenol, ethoxylated
PHG
.beta.-Phenoxyethanol
monophenylglycol
phenylcellosolve
ethyleneglycol monophenyl ether
Phenoxyethanolum
CCRIS 9481
Ethylene glycol-monophenyl ether
Dalpad A
2-phenyloxyethanol
2-(phenoxy)ethanol
beta-Hydroxyphenetole
2-phenoxy-1-ethanol
beta-phenoxyethylalcohol
2-PHENOXYETHANOL
Polyethylene glycol monophenyl ether
Ethylene glycol monophenyl ether
ETHANOL,2-PHENOXY MFC8 H10 O2
Ethylene glycol monophenyl ether