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Succinic anhydride

CAS 108-30-5

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

1123596-58-6

Succinic anhydride chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Succinic anhydride in plain language

What it is

Also known as Oxolane-2,5-dione · 2,5-Diketotetrahydrofuran · 2,5-Dioxotetrahydrofuran · 2,5-Furandione, dihydro- · Anhydride succinique · Bernsteinsaeureanhydrid

Show all 18 names

Bernsteinsaureanhydrid · Butanedioic anhydride · Dihydro-2,5-furandione · NCI-C55696 · Rikacid SA · Succinic acid anhydride · Succinyl anhydride · Succinyl oxide · Tetrahydro-2,5-dioxofuran · Tetrahydro-2,5-furandione · anhidrido succinico · succinic anehydride

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Succinic anhydride yet.

Recorded functional uses: Dispersing agent · No specific technical function

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Succinic anhydride appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 41 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Medical/dental, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including No specific technical function, Dispersing agent.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 41 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Medical/dental, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including No specific technical function, Dispersing agent.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 Succinic anhydride 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 February 8, 2019

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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 Succinic anhydride in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

41

Named organisations

2

Construction and building materialsMedical/dentalLaboratory suppliesHome maintenance

Typical roles

Dispersing agentNo specific technical function
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