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trans-Urocanic acid

CAS 3465-72-3

Also registered as 4 other CAS numbers

104-98-3 · 7699-36-7 · 739340-22-8 · 926068-43-1

trans-Urocanic acid chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

trans-Urocanic acid in plain language

What it is

Also known as Urocanic acid · (2E)-3-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)prop-2-enoic acid · (E)-3-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)prop-2-enoic acid · (e)-urocanic acid · 2-PROPENOIC acid, 3-(1H-IMIDAZOL-4-YL)-, (e)- · IMIDAZOLE-4-ACRYLIC acid, (e)-

Show all 20 names

Urocanic acid, trans- · Urocaninic acid · (E)-3-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)-2-propenoic acid · (E)-3-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)acrylic acid · (E)-3-(4-Imidazolyl)acrylic acid · (E)-3-(Imidazol-4-yl)-2-propenoic acid · 2-Propenoic acid, 3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)- · 2-Propenoic acid, 3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)-, (2E)- · 3-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)-2-propenoic acid · 3-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)prop-2-enoic acid · 4-imidazoleacrylic acid · Glyoxalinylacrylic Acid · imidazoleacrylic acid · urocanate

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for trans-Urocanic acid yet.

Recorded functional uses: UV stabilizer

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. trans-Urocanic acid 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 UV stabilizer.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including UV stabilizer.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 trans-Urocanic acid 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 2020-08-31

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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 trans-Urocanic acid in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

3

Typical roles

UV stabilizer
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