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Undecylbenzenesulfonic acid

CAS 50854-94-9

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Undecylbenzenesulfonic acid in plain language

What it is

Also known as petroleum hydrocarbon %: 0.01-0.5 · Alkyl(C11)benzenesulfonic acid · Benzenesulfonic acid, undecyl- · N-undecylbenzenesulfonic acid · petroleum hydrocarbon (to include components 1-4) · petroleum hydrocarbon. vp:1.0 @ 68f

What it does

Used in consumer products as a cleaning agent.

  • Cleaning agent
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Undecylbenzenesulfonic acid appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Cleaning
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observed2 entries
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 25 composition records across product categories including Cleaning products and household care, Construction and building materials, Home maintenance.Source →
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Cleaning agent.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Undecylbenzenesulfonic acid yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

2 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2019-02-27

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Undecylbenzenesulfonic acid in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

25

Named organisations

1

Cleaning products and household careConstruction and building materialsHome maintenance

Typical roles

Cleaning agent
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