METHYL 2-OCTYNOATE (methyl heptine carbonate)

Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 16451

Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)

METHYL 2-OCTYNOATE (methyl heptine carbonate): Allowed with restrictions, with limits depending on the product type (Annex III, entry 89), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.

In plain words

What it is used for

Functions declared by manufacturers:

Perfuming.

What the rules say

Allowed, with restrictions: Annex III sets a maximum concentration and the product types allowed. Ingredient lists do not give quantities, so the concentration cannot be checked on the label.

The text of the annexes

Allowed with restrictions

This entry covers the same substance as METHYL 2-OCTYNOATE (same CAS number in the CosIng inventory): its conditions apply.

Product type	Maximum concentration	Other conditions
(a) Oral products	not set	(b) The presence of the substance must be indicated in the list of ingredients referred to in Article 19(1)(g) when its concentration exceeds: - 0.001% in leave-on products - 0.01% in rinse-off products
(b) Other products	0.01% when used alone When present in combination with methyl octine carbonate, the combined level in the finished product shall not exceed 0,01 % (of which methyl octine carbonate shall not be more than 0,002 %)	not set

Entry: Annex III, No 89
Substance: Methyl 2-Octynoate
CAS: 111-12-6
EC: 203-836-6

Dates in the act (3)

Entry into force on 15 May 2013
Application from 11 July 2013
It shall apply from 11 July 2013.
Entry into force on 11 July 2013

Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.

Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, Annex III, entry 89. CosIng, Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (restricted substances), retrieved 21 October 2026, source updated 13 October 2026.

Entry from Regulation (EU) n° 344/2013, adopted on 4 April 2013.

SCCS opinions cited: Opinion concerning Essential Oils; Opinion concerning Fragrance Allergy in Consumers - A Review of the Problem - Analysis of the need for appropriate Consumer Information and Identification of Consumer Allergens; Opinion concerning the Interim Position on Fragrance Allergy; Memorandum on the SCCNFP Opinion concerning Fragrance Allergy; An Initial List of Perfumery Materials which must not form part of Cosmetic products except subject to the restrictions and conditions laid down; Opinion on Clarifications to SCCNFP/0392/00 "An initial List of Perfumery Materials which must not form part of Cosmetic Products except subject to the Restrictions and Conditions laid down".

Identity

CosIng identifier: 40692
CAS (according to CosIng): 111-12-6
EC (according to CosIng): 203-836-6
Declared functions: Perfuming
Wikidata: Q27237243
PubChem: 8092
ECHA InfoCard: 100.003.488
InChIKey: FRLZQXRXIKQFNS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Elsewhere in the world

Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.

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: 메칠 2-옥티노에이트 (메칠헵틴카보네이트) (METHYL 2-OCTYNOATE)
별표 2, 기타 (other substances with limits), entry 25, page 31. Limit: 0.01% (메칠옥틴카보네이트와 병용 시 최종제품에서 두 성분의 합은 0.01%,메칠옥틴카보네이트는 0.002%).

Recorded cosmetics that contain it

42 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (page in French).

Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.