What does Zinc bis-methylimidazole do?

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent and a skin protectant. Zinc Bis-Methylimidazole is the organic salt.

Is Zinc bis-methylimidazole safe?

We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

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Zinc bis-methylimidazole

CAS 59061-53-9

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Zinc bis-methylimidazole in plain language

What it is: Also known as 2-methylimidazole zinc salt · Zinc 2-METHYLIMIDAZOLE · 1H-Imidazole, 2-methyl-, zinc salt (2:1) · Basolite Z 1200 · ZIF-67-Zn · ZIF-8
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Zinc 2-methylimidazole salt (1:2) · Zinc bis(2-methylimidazolate) · zinc bis(2-methylimidazol-3-ide) · BIS(2-METHYLIMIDAZOLATO)ZINC · BasoliteZ1200, ZIF-8 · F82520 · Zinc 2-methylimidazole MOF (ZIF-8) · zinc methylimidazolate · zinc;2-methylimidazol-3-ide
What it does: Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent and a skin protectant. Zinc Bis-Methylimidazole is the organic salt.
Skin conditioning
Skin protecting
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

FDA GSRS classifies this ingredient as ingredient substance chemical.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Zinc bis-methylimidazole appears in these published regulatory listings.

EUCosIngActiveZinc Bis-Methylimidazole is the organic salt that conforms to the formula:
- Zinc Bis-Methylimidazole is the organic salt that conforms to the formula:Source →
USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
- openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Zinc bis-methylimidazole. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

SCCS
EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
No SCCS opinion on file.
CIR
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)
No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Zinc bis-methylimidazole 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

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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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.