TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE TRIACRYLATE

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

  Prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union for everyone, whatever the age or situation: no specific condition is therefore needed for this group.

• Babies and children

  Prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union for everyone, whatever the age or situation: no specific condition is therefore needed for this group.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.

  Worth watching Classified under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation: skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2); eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2); skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1).

• Environment

  Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.

  Worth watching Classified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1); hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1).

• Read on the label

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

Prohibited in cosmetics

CosIng links the name TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE TRIACRYLATE to this Annex II entry.

Entry

Annex II, No 1718

Substance

2-ethyl-2-[[(1-oxoallyl)oxy]methyl]-1,3-propanediyl diacrylate; 2,2-bis(acryloyloxymethyl)butyl acrylate; trimethylolpropane triacrylate;

CAS

15625-89-5

EC

239-701-3

Identity

CosIng identifier

59859

CAS (according to CosIng)

15625-89-5

EC (according to CosIng)

239-701-3

Declared functions

Film forming, Hair conditioning, Hair fixing

Wikidata

Q7670760

PubChem

27423

ECHA InfoCard

100.036.077

InChIKey

DAKWPKUUDNSNPN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

2-ethyl-2-[[(1-oxoallyl)oxy]methyl]-1,3-propanediyl diacrylate; 2,2-bis(acryloyloxymethyl)butyl acrylate; trimethylolpropane triacrylate

Carcinogenicity, category 2 (Carc. 2)

Hazard classes

Carcinogenicity, category 2 (Carc. 2)
Skin irritation, category 2 (Skin Irrit. 2)
Eye irritation, category 2 (Eye Irrit. 2)
Skin sensitisation, category 1 (Skin Sens. 1)
Hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1)
Hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1)

Hazard statements

H351 H315 H319 H317 H400 H410

CLP notes

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• 9 January 2026: Gel nail polish, CR CAIRUO, Czechia (“Serious risk”) alert
  According to the list of ingredients, the product contains Trimethylolpropane Triacrylate (TMPTA), which is prohibited in cosmetic products. TMPTA can cause skin and eye irritation and might cause cancer. Furthermore, according to the list of ingredients, the…
• 12 December 2025: Nail gel, NailsUp, Germany (“Serious risk”) alert
  According to the list of ingredients, the product contains trimethylolpropane triacrylate, which use is prohibited in cosmetic products. Trimethylolpropane triacrylate can cause skin and eye irritation and might cause cancer. The product does not comply with…
• 30 May 2025: Nail varnish, Em Milano ®, Italy (“Serious risk”) alert
  According to the list of ingredients, the product contains trimethylolpropane triacrylate, which use is prohibited in cosmetic products. Trimethylolpropane triacrylate can cause skin and eye irritation and might cause cancer. The product does not comply with…

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

• Prohibited in cosmetics (Annex II)

Same entries as in the European Union. Their maximum concentrations are compared in the “Comparison between countries” table; other conditions (product types, warnings) may differ.

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.

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