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Copper naphthenate

CAS 1338-02-9

Copper naphthenate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Copper naphthenate in plain language

What it is

Also known as copper salts Naphthenic acids · Copper (ii) naphthenate · Acides naphteniques, sels de cuivre · Cunapsol 5 · Cellavit · Chapco Cu-nap

Show all 27 names

Copper uversol · Cunapsol · Cuprinol · Cuprinol green · Horseshoers Secret Thrush Treatment Aid, Thrush-XX · Kupfernaphthenat · Kopertox · Naphtenate de cuivre · copper salt Naphthenic acid · Pritox · Redycoat · Thrush relief · Thrushtox · Troysan · Troysan copper 8% · Wiltz-65 · Wittox C · acidos naftenicos, sales de cobre · copper naphthenate (equivalent ot 2% copper as metal) · copper naphthenate (equivalent to 8% copper as metal) · organo copper compound

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Copper naphthenate yet.

Recorded functional uses: Catalyst

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Copper naphthenate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 71 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Raw materials, Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Catalyst.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 71 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Raw materials, Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Catalyst.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 Copper naphthenate. 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 Copper naphthenate 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 September 2001

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

    Open →
  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →
  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →
  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Reference links (1)
Openfda substance

chemicalland21.com

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 Copper naphthenate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

71

Named organisations

6

Laboratory suppliesRaw materialsHome maintenancePesticidesPersonal careIndustrial products

Typical roles

Catalyst
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