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4,4'-Bis(sec-butylamino)diphenylmethane

CAS 5285-60-9

Also registered as 5 other CAS numbers

69522-77-6 · 106388-88-9 · 937270-25-2 · 1135060-63-7 · 1176323-73-1

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

4,4'-Bis(sec-butylamino)diphenylmethane in plain language

What it is

Also known as 4,4'-Methylenebis · 4,4'-Methanediylbis · 4,4-methylenebis · 4,4'-Methylenebis(N-sec-butylaniline) · N,N'-Bis(sec-butylamino)diphenylmethane · n,n-bis(sec-butylamino)diphenylmethane

What it does

Used in consumer products as a thickener.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. 4,4'-Bis(sec-butylamino)diphenylmethane appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 6 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Construction. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Viscosity modifier, Hardener, crosslinking / coupling / curing agents > amines.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 6 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Construction. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Viscosity modifier, Hardener, crosslinking / coupling / curing agents > amines.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for 4,4'-Bis(sec-butylamino)diphenylmethane yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

2 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2021-06-08

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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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 4,4'-Bis(sec-butylamino)diphenylmethane in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

6

Named organisations

1

Raw materialsConstruction

Typical roles

Thickener
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