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9H-Xanthene

CAS 92-83-1

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

24624-32-6

9H-Xanthene chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

9H-Xanthene in plain language

What it is

Also known as Xanthene · 10H-9-Oxaanthracene · 10H9Oxaanthracene · 12,12-dimethyl-12H-benzo(a)xanthene · 5-17-02-00252 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) · 9-Oxa-9,10-dihydroanthracene

Show all 13 names

tricyclic Dibenzopyran · Gjcosyzmqjwqca-uhfffaoysa-n · UNII-A762Z8101Y · Xanthan · Xanthen · chemical family xanthene · xanteno

What it does

Used in consumer products as a colourant.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. 9H-Xanthene appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 5 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Industrial products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye, Surface modifier, Pigment.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 5 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Industrial products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye, Surface modifier, Pigment.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 9H-Xanthene 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 2019-05-15

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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 9H-Xanthene in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

5

Named organisations

3

Laboratory suppliesIndustrial products

Typical roles

Colourant
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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include 9H-Xanthene; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.