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Pentaethylene glycol

CAS 4792-15-8

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

942939-01-7 · 1186024-62-3

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Pentaethylene glycol in plain language

What it is

Also known as 3,6,9,12-Tetraoxatetradecane-1,14-diol · 3,6,9,12-Tetraoxatetradocane-1,14-diol · 3,6,9,12-tetraoxatetradecane-1,14-diol PEG-5) · PEG n5 · PEG-5

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Pentaethylene glycol yet.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Pentaethylene glycol appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 23 composition records across product categories including Vehicle. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Processing aids not otherwise specified.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 23 composition records across product categories including Vehicle. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Processing aids not otherwise specified.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Pentaethylene glycol 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 Pentaethylene glycol in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

23

Named organisations

2

Vehicle
See products using Pentaethylene glycol →