ALPHA-DAMASCONE ((Z)-α-damascone)

What official classifications and rules say for each group. A classification describes the hazard of the pure substance, not the risk of a product that contains it, which depends on the dose and the exposure.

Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

  No classification harmonised by the European Union covers reproduction, the unborn child or breastfeeding for this substance. This does not mean it has been judged to have no effect during pregnancy.

• Babies and children

  The Cosmetics Regulation sets no age-related condition for this ingredient.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  No official classification for sensitisation, irritation or eye damage, and no obligation to label it as an allergen.

• Environment

  No official classification as hazardous to the aquatic environment and no assessment as an endocrine disruptor for the environment.

• Read on the label

  The Cosmetics Regulation requires no warning to be printed for this ingredient.

Allowed with restrictions

This entry covers the same substance as ALPHA-DAMASCONE (same CAS number in the CosIng inventory): its conditions apply.

Product type

(a) Oral products (b) Other products

Maximum concentration

(b) 0.02%

Other conditions

(a) (b) The presence of the substance or substances shall be indicated as ‘Rose Ketones’ in the list of ingredients referred to in Article 19(1), point (g), when the concentration of the substance or substances exceeds: — 0,001 % in leave-on products — 0,01 % in rinse-off products.

Entry

Annex III, No 157

Substance

1-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2-buten-1-one; 1-(2,6,6-Trimethylcyclohexa-1,3-dien-1-yl)-2-buten-1-one; 1-(2,6,6-Trimethyl-3-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2-buten-1-one; (Z)-1-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2-buten-1-one; (E)-1-(2,6,6-Trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2-buten-1-one

Glossary names

Alpha-Damascone/cis-Rose ketone 1/trans-Rose ketone 1; Rose ketone 4 (Damascone); Rose ketone 3 (delta-Damascone)/trans-Rose ketone 3; cis-Rose ketone 2 (cis-beta-Damascone); trans-Rose ketone 2 (trans-beta-Damascone)

CAS

43052-87-5/ 23726-94-5/24720-09-0; 23696-85-7; 57378-68-4/ 71048-82-3; 23726-92-3; 23726-91-2

EC

-/ 245-845-8/ 246-430-4; 245-833-2; 260-709-8/ 275-156-8; 245-843-7; 245-842-1

Identity

CosIng identifier

54360

CAS (according to CosIng)

23726-94-5, 43052-87-5

EC (according to CosIng)

245-845-8

Declared functions

Fragrance, Perfuming

Wikidata

Q27282037

ECHAEuropean Chemicals Agency. InfoCard

100.041.663

CosIng cites 2 CAS numbers for this name: it covers several substances.

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

• Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)

Same entries as in the European Union. Conditions (concentrations, warnings) may differ: they are not compared here.

Switzerland

Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).

United States, federal rules

None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.

South Korea

• Restricted: α-다마스콘(시스-로즈케톤-1) (ALPHA-DAMASCONE)

  별표 2, 기타 (other substances with limits), entry 6, page 27. Limit: 0.02%.

  Conditions, source text, in Korean

  화학물질명: 알파-다마스콘 (CAS No. 23726-94-5 / 43052-87-5)