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Methyl acrylate

CAS 96-33-3

Also registered as 4 other CAS numbers

292638-85-8 · 102256-29-1 · 1254182-69-8 · 2408240-60-6

Methyl acrylate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Methyl acrylate in plain language

What it is

Also known as 2-PROPENOIC acid, methyl ester · Methyl ester acrylic acid · Methyl prop-2-enoate · Acrylsaeure-methylester · Acrylate de methyle · Acrylic acid methyl ester

Show all 23 names

Acrylsaeuremethylester · Curithane 103 · Methoxycarbonylethylene · Methyl 2-Propenoate · Methyl acrylate; methyl propenoate · Methyl acrylic ester · Methyl propenate · Methyl propenoate · Methyl-acrylat · Methylacrylaat · Methylester kyseliny akrylove · Metilacrilato · acrilato de metilo · acrylic copolymer · methyl acrylate (sara iii) (methyl methacrylate) · methylacrylate · propenoic acid methyl ester

What it does

Used in consumer products as a flavouring.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Methyl acrylate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 6 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Construction. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flavouring and nutrient, acrylics & acrylic copolymers, acrylates / methacrylates monomers>mono.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 6 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Construction. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flavouring and nutrient, 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 →

Evidence & sources

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

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated march 8, 2019

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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 Methyl acrylate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

6

Named organisations

6

Laboratory suppliesConstruction

Typical roles

Flavouring
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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Methyl acrylate; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.