Skip to content
  • industrial

(2E)-2-Butenedioic acid diethyl ester

CAS 623-91-6

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

26298-06-6

(2E)-2-Butenedioic acid diethyl ester chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

(2E)-2-Butenedioic acid diethyl ester in plain language

What it is

Also known as Diethyl fumarate · 2-BUTENEDIOIC acid (2E)-, diethyl ester · 2-BUTENEDIOIC acid (e)-, diethyl ester · 2-BUTENEDIOIC acid, diethyl ester, (e)- · Diethyl (2E)-but-2-enedioate · Diethyl ester fumaric acid

Show all 18 names

diethyl (E)-but-2-enedioate · (E)-2-Butenedioic acid diethyl ester · (E)-but-2-enedioic acid diethyl ester · 1,4-diethyl (2E)-but-2-enedioate · 1,4-diethyl (2Z)-but-2-enedioate · 2-Butenedioic acid (2E)-, 1,4-diethyl ester · Anti-Psoriaticum · BUT-2-ENOATE, diethyl, (e)- · Diethylester kyseliny fumarove · Diethylfumarat · Ethyl fumarate · trans-2-Butenedioic acid diethyl ester

What it does

Used in consumer products as a flavouring.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. (2E)-2-Butenedioic acid diethyl ester appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 10 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flavouring and nutrient, Binder, Defoamer.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 10 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flavouring and nutrient, Binder, Defoamer.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 (2E)-2-Butenedioic acid diethyl ester 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 march 28, 2017

    Open →
  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

    Open →
  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →
  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →
  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

    Open →

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 (2E)-2-Butenedioic acid diethyl ester in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

10

Named organisations

4

Construction and building materials

Typical roles

Flavouring
See products using (2E)-2-Butenedioic acid diethyl ester →