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Allyl 2-butenoate

CAS 20474-93-5

Allyl 2-butenoate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Allyl 2-butenoate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Allyl crotonate · 2-BUTENOIC acid, 2-PROPENYL ester · Allyl ester crotonic acid · Prop-2-en-1-yl but-2-enoate · 2-Butenoic acid, 2-propen-1-yl ester · 2-Propen-1-yl 2-butenoate

Show all 9 names

2-Propenyl 2-butenoate · Allyl beta-methylacrylate · Allyl TRANS-2-BUTENOATE

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. Allyl 2-butenoate 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 Flavouring and nutrient.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Flavouring and nutrient.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 Allyl 2-butenoate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

4 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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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 Allyl 2-butenoate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

2

Typical roles

Flavouring
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