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Ethylene glycol monovinyl ether

CAS 764-48-7

Ethylene glycol monovinyl ether chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Ethylene glycol monovinyl ether in plain language

What it is

Also known as 2-(ETHENYLOXY)ETHANOL · Hydroxyethyl vinyl ether · Vinyloxyethanol · 2-(Ethenyloxy)ethan-1-ol · 2-ethenoxyethanol · Monovinyl glycol ether

Show all 16 names

2-(VINYLOXY)ETHANOL · 2-(Vinyloxy)ethan-1-ol · 2-Hydroxyethyl vinyl ether · 2-Vinyloxyethanol · Ethanol, 2-(VINYLOXY)- · Ethanol, 2-(ethenyloxy)- · Ethylene glycol vinyl ether · Ethylenglycol monovinyl ester · Mveeg · Vinyl Cellosolve

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Ethylene glycol monovinyl ether yet.

Recorded functional uses: Toughening agents

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Ethylene glycol monovinyl ether 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 toughening agents.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including toughening agents.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 Ethylene glycol monovinyl ether 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.