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Hexanoic acid, 2-ethyl-, zinc salt, basic

CAS 85203-81-2

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Hexanoic acid, 2-ethyl-, zinc salt, basic in plain language

What it is

Also known as 2-Ethylhexanoic acid zinc salt basic · 2-Ethylhexanoic acid zinc salt, basic · 2-Ethylhexanoic acid, zinc salts, basic · Basic zinc salt of 2-ethylhexanoic acid

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Hexanoic acid, 2-ethyl-, zinc salt, basic yet.

Recorded functional uses: Drier

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Hexanoic acid, 2-ethyl-, zinc salt, basic appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Drier.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Drier.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Hexanoic acid, 2-ethyl-, zinc salt, basic 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 2021-06-08

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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.