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Sodium monomethylnaphthalenesulfonate

CAS 26264-58-4

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

127670-54-6

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Sodium monomethylnaphthalenesulfonate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Methylnaphthylene sodium sulfonate · Monomethyl naphthalene sulfonate sodium salt · Naphthalenesulfonic acid, methyl-, sodium salt · Naphthalenesulfonic acid, methyl-​, sodium salt (1:1) · Petro 22 · Petro AG Special Liquid

Show all 12 names

Sodium isopropylisohexylnaphthalenesulfonate · petro (organic sulfonates) · sodium methyl naphthalene sulfonate · sodium methyl napthalene sulfonate · sodium methylnaphthalenesulfonate · sodium methylnaphthalenesulphonate

What it does

Used in consumer products as a surfactant and a gelling agent.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Sodium monomethylnaphthalenesulfonate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Cleaning
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 6 composition records across product categories including Cleaning and safety, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Solubility enhancer, gel forming.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 6 composition records across product categories including Cleaning and safety, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent), Solubility enhancer, gel forming.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Sodium monomethylnaphthalenesulfonate 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 January 7, 2008

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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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 Sodium monomethylnaphthalenesulfonate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

6

Named organisations

3

Cleaning and safetyCleaning products and household care

Typical roles

SurfactantGelling agent
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