14 COSMETICS

TABLE 1.3. Antimicrobial Preservatives Useful in Cosmeticsa,b

Name CAS Registry Number Molecular Formula

c
Benzoic acid [65-85-0] C7H6O2
Benzyl alcohol [100-51-6] C7H8O
5-Bromo-5-nitro-1,3-dioxane [30007-47-7] C4H6BrNO4
2-Bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol [52-51-7] C3H6BrNO4
Butylparaben [94-26-8] C11H14O3
Calcium propionate [4075-81-4] CaC6H10O4
Chlorobutanol [57-15-8] C4H7Cl3O
m-Cresol [108-39-4] C7H8O
o-Cresol [95-48-7] C7H8O
p-Cresol [106-44-5] C7H8O
DEDM hydantoin [26850-24-8] C9H16N2O4
Dehydroacetic acid [520-45-6] C8H8O4
Diazolidinyl urea [278-92-2] C11H8O2
Dimethyl oxazolidine [51200-87-4] C5H11NO
DMDM hydantoin [6440-58-0] C7H12N2O4
7-Ethylbicyclooxazolidine [7747-35-5] C7H13NO2
Ethylparaben [120-47-8] C9H10O3
Formaldehyde [50-00-0] CH2O
Glutaral [111-30-8] C5H8O2
Glyoxal [107-22-2] C2H2O2
Imidazolidinyl urea [39236-46-9] C11H16N8O8
Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate [55406-53-6] C8H12INO2
Isobutylparaben [4247-02-3] C11H14O3
Isopropylparaben [4191-73-5] C10H12O3
MDM hydantoin [116-25-6] C6H10N2O3
Methylchloroisothiazolinone [26172-55-4] C4H4ClNOS
Methyldibromoglutaronitrile [35691-65-7] C6H6Br2N2
Methylisothiazolinone [2682-20-4] C4H5NOS
Methylparaben [99-76-3] C8H8O3
Phenethyl alcohol [200-456-2] C8H10O
Phenol [108-95-2] C6H6O
Phenoxyethanol [122-99-6] C8H10O2
Phenylmercuric acetate [62-38-4] HgC8H8O2
Phenylmercuric benzoate [94-43-9] HgC13H10O2
Phenylmercuric borate [102-98-7] HgC6H7BO3
o-Phenylphenol [90-43-7] C12H10O
Propylparaben [94-13-3] C10H12O3
Quaternium-14 [27479-28-3] C23H42NCl
Quaternium-15 [51229-78-8] C9H16ClN4Cl
Sodium dehydroacetate [4418-26-2] NaC8H7O4
Sodium phenolsulfonate [1300-51-2] NaC6H5O4S
Sodium phenoxide [139-02-6] NaC6H5O
Sodium pyrithione [3811-73-2] NaC5H5NOS
Sorbic acidc [110-44-1] C6H8O2
Thimerosal [54-64-8] NaHgC9H9O3S
Triclocarban [101-20-2] C13H9Cl3N2O
Triclosan [3380-34-5] C12H7Cl3O2
Zinc pyrithione [13463-41-7] ZnC10H8N2O2S2
a
Ref. 1 includes a more comprehensive listing.
b
Use levels are product dependent but generally do not exceed 0.25%.
c
The acid salts are also used.