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4-tert-Butylphenyl salicylate

CAS 87-18-3

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

68027-19-0 · 138464-71-8 · 146480-26-4

4-tert-Butylphenyl salicylate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

4-tert-Butylphenyl salicylate in plain language

What it is

Also known as p-tert-Butylphenyl salicylate · 4-tert-Butylphenyl 2-hydroxybenzoate · Salicylic acid p-tert-butylphenyl ester · Tbs · 4-tert.-butylphenyl salicylate · 2-HYDROXYBENZOIC acid 4-(1,1-DIMETHYLETHYL)PHENYL ester

Show all 18 names

4-(tert-Butyl)phenyl 2-hydroxybenzoate · 4-TBPS compound · Butylphenyl salicylate, p-tert- · Sumisorb 90 · Salicyclic acid p-tert-butylphenyl ester · Salicylic Acid 4-tert-Butylphenyl Ester · Seesorb 202 · UV Absorber NL 3 · Viosorb 90 · benzoic acid,2-hydroxy-,4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-phenyl ester · p-terc.Butylfenylester kyseliny salicylove · p-tert-Butylphenylsalicylate

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for 4-tert-Butylphenyl salicylate 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. 4-tert-Butylphenyl salicylate 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 4-tert-Butylphenyl salicylate 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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Allergen profile

Canonical allergen markers detected on this ingredient. Each row is derived from the ingredient’s name or synonyms matching a known allergen class — useful when scanning a label for a specific allergy context.

  • SoyContains · Oral (ingested)

    Source: chemindex_name_match

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 4-tert-Butylphenyl salicylate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

3

Typical roles

UV stabilizer
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