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(+/-)-Dibutyl malate

CAS 6280-99-5

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

1587-18-4

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

(+/-)-Dibutyl malate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Dibutyl 2-hydroxybutanedioate · Butanedioic acid, 2-hydroxy-, 1,4-dibutyl ester · Butanedioic acid, hydroxy-, dibutyl ester · Butanedioic acid, hydroxy-, dibutyl ester, (±)- · Dibutyl malate · ENT-337

Show all 7 names

Malic acid, dibutyl 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. (+/-)-Dibutyl malate 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 Flavouring and nutrient.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flavouring and nutrient.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for (+/-)-Dibutyl malate 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 2020-03-12

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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.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed (+/-)-Dibutyl malate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

1

Typical roles

Flavouring
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