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Benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride

CAS 2421-28-5

Also registered as 11 other CAS numbers

55206-66-1 · 64308-15-2 · 65929-27-3 · 68593-66-8 · 86442-22-0 · 101505-15-1 · 160903-84-4 · 163915-23-9 · 174612-63-6 · 1156492-00-0 · 1189096-76-1

Benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride in plain language

What it is

Also known as 4,4'-CARBONYLDIPHTHALIC anhydride · 3,3',4,4'-BENZOPHENONETETRACARBOXYLIC acid dianhydride · 3,3',4,4'-BENZOPHENONETETRACARBOXYLIC anhydride · 3,3',4,4'-BENZOPHENONETETRACARBOXYLIC dianhydride · 3,3',4,4'-TETRACARBOXYBENZOPHENONE dianhydride · 3,4,3',4'-BENZOPHENONETETRACARBOXYLIC acid anhydride

Show all 22 names

3,4,3',4'-BENZOPHENONETETRACARBOXYLIC dianhydride · 4,4'-CARBONYLBIS(PHTHALIC anhydride) · 4,4'-DIPHTHALIC anhydride ketone · 5,5'-Carbonyldi(2-benzofuran-1,3-dione) · 5-(1,3-dioxo-2-benzofuran-5-carbonyl)-2-benzofuran-1,3-dione · BENZOPHENONE-3,3',4,4'-TETRACARBOXYLIC acid anhydride · Benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid dianhydride · 1,3-Isobenzofurandione, 5,5'-carbonylbis- · 3,3',4,4'-Benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid di-anhydride · 3,3,4,4'-Benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride · 5,5'-CARBONYLBIS(1,3-ISOBENZOFURANDIONE) · Benzophenone-3,3':4,4'-tetracarboxylic dianhydride · Ec 219-348-1 · Phthalic anhydride, 4,4'-CARBONYLDI- · benzophenonetectrecarboxylic diahydride (btda) · benzophenonetetrecarboxylic dianhydride (btda)

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride yet.

Recorded functional uses: Anhydrides · Crosslinking / coupling / curing agents > anhydrides

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 8 composition records across product categories including Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including anhydrides, crosslinking / coupling / curing agents > anhydrides.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 8 composition records across product categories including Home maintenance. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including anhydrides, crosslinking / coupling / curing agents > anhydrides.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 Benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride 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 2021-06-08

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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 Benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

8

Named organisations

1

Home maintenance

Typical roles

AnhydridesCrosslinking / coupling / curing agents > anhydrides
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