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Diacetyl-l-tartaric acid

CAS 51591-38-9

Also registered as 4 other CAS numbers

83529-36-6 · 101489-39-8 · 106779-29-7 · 120111-83-3

Diacetyl-l-tartaric acid chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Diacetyl-l-tartaric acid in plain language

What it is

Also known as 2,3-Bis(acetyloxy)butanedioic acid · (2R,3R)-2,3-diacetyloxybutanedioic acid · Dawe · L-diacetyltartaric acid · (2R,3R)-2,3-Diacetoxysuccinic acid · (2R,3R)-2,3-Diacetoxysuccinicacid

Show all 16 names

(2R,3R)-2,3-bis(acetyloxy)butanedioic acid · (2R,3R)-2,3-diacetoxybutanedioic acid · (R,R)-2,3-DIACETOXY-1,4-BUTANEDIOIC acid · AKOS027327428 · AS-61802 · Butanedioic acid, 2,3-bis(acetyloxy)- · Diacetyltartaric acid · Dnisezbayyiqfb-phdidxhhsa-n · Tartaric acid diacetate · UNII-HSJ8N03NO1

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Diacetyl-l-tartaric acid yet.

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

What we know about this ingredient

EPA DSSTox provides the canonical identifier, structure, and synonym profile for this chemical.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Diacetyl-l-tartaric acid appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • 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 Diacetyl-l-tartaric acid 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 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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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.