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Tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate

CAS 64461-15-0

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

125166-24-7 · 160211-89-2 · 2455-24-5

Tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Tetrahydrofurfurylmethacrylate · (Oxolan-2-yl)methyl 2-methylprop-2-enoate · oxolan-2-ylmethyl 2-methylprop-2-enoate · (tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)methyl methacrylate · Acryester THF · Furfuryl alcohol, tetrahydro-, methacrylate

Show all 16 names

Methacrylate de tetrahydrofurfuryle · tetrahydrofurfuryl ester Methacrylic acid · Sartomer sr 203 · Sr 203 · Thfm-a · Tetrahydrofurfryl methacrylate · Tetrahydrofurfuryl Methacrylate (stabilized with MEHQ) · heterocyclic methacrylate · metacrilato de tetrahidrofurfurilo · tetrahydrofuran-2-ylmethyl 2-methylprop-2-enoate

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a film former. Tetrahydrofurfuryl Methacrylate is the heterocyclic compound.

  • Film forming
  • Film former
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Industrial
  • EUCosIngActiveTetrahydrofurfuryl Methacrylate is the heterocyclic compound that conforms to the formula:
    • Tetrahydrofurfuryl Methacrylate is the heterocyclic compound that conforms to the formula:Source →
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 29 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Industrial products, Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Film former, acrylics & acrylic copolymers, acrylates / methacrylates monomers>mono.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 29 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Industrial products, Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Film former, acrylics & acrylic copolymers, acrylates / methacrylates monomers>mono.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

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

6 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2019-12-20

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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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 Tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

29

Named organisations

4

Personal careIndustrial productsHome maintenanceMedical/dental

Typical roles

Film formingFilm former
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