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Ethyl maleate

CAS 3990-03-2

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

144472-88-8

Ethyl maleate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Ethyl maleate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Monoethyl maleate · (2Z)-4-Ethoxy-4-oxobut-2-enoic acid · (Z)-4-ethoxy-4-oxobut-2-enoic acid · Ethyl ester maleic acid · (2Z)-2-Butenedioic Acid 1-Ethyl Ester, ~ 90% · 1-ethyl hydrogen (2Z)-2-butenedioate

Show all 17 names

2-Butenedioic acid (2Z)-, 1-ethyl ester · 2-Butenedioic acid (2Z)-, monoethyl ester · 2-Butenedioic acid (Z)-, monoethyl ester · 2-Butenedioic acid, monoethyl ester, (2Z)- · Maleicacidmonoethylester · Monoethyl (2Z)-2-BUTENEDIOATE · Maleic Acid Monoethyl Ester · Sipomer MEM · Xlymoeinvgrtex-arjawskdsa-n · ethyl hydrogen maleate · propenoic acid, 3-ethoxycarbonyl-

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Ethyl maleate yet.

Recorded functional uses: Diesters

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Ethyl maleate 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 diesters.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including diesters.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 Ethyl maleate 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 2019-05-01

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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 Ethyl maleate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

2

Typical roles

Diesters
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