Ethanol
CAS 64-17-5·C2H6O·46.07 g/mol·15 listings across 7 jurisdictions.
Also known as b free, etanol, alcohol, dicolor … +15 more
- CAS
- 64-17-5
- Mol. Weight
- 46.07000 g/mol
- InChIKey
- LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCO
- PubChem CID
- 702
Regulatory
Status
15 entries across 7 jurisdictions. Sourced from EU, US, UK and international regulatory databases.
Overall compliance
High-concern classification in 6 of 14 frameworks, across 7 jurisdictions.
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EPA's Safer Chemical Ingredients List; a listing means the substance is recognised as a safer choice within its functional class.
{
"notes": "Safest tier",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"scil_status": "Green Circle",
"chemical_name": "Ethanol",
"functional_use": "Solvent"
}View →Hide ↑
FDA indirect food additives (21 CFR); a listing means the substance is permitted in food-contact materials under defined conditions.
{
"source": "FDA Indirect Additives (21 CFR 175-178)",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"chemical_name": "ETHYL ALCOHOL"
}View →Hide ↑
FDA-approved drug substances; a listing means the substance is an approved active pharmaceutical ingredient.
{
"source": "openFDA NDC (active ingredients)",
"cas_number": "",
"chemical_name": "ALCOHOL",
"product_count": 2990,
"active_ingredient": "ALCOHOL"
}View →Hide ↑
FDA GRAS substances; a listing means the substance is Generally Recognized As Safe for its intended use in food.
{
"notes": "21 CFR 184.1293; solvent, flavoring",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"chemical_name": "Ethanol"
}View →Hide ↑
California Proposition 65; a listing means the substance is known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive harm and requires a warning.
{
"source": "OEHHA Proposition 65 List",
"cas_number": "---",
"date_listed": "1987-10-01 00:00:00",
"nsrl_or_madl": "",
"chemical_name": "Ethyl alcohol in alcoholic beverages",
"type_of_toxicity": "developmental",
"listing_mechanism": "SQE"
}View →Hide ↑
The U.S. TSCA Inventory; a listing means the substance is an existing chemical permitted in U.S. commerce.
{
"name": "Ethanol",
"flags": "",
"status": "active",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"risk_level": "low"
}View →Hide ↑
The EU's classification, labelling and packaging rules; a listing assigns the substance harmonised hazard classes such as carcinogenic, toxic, or corrosive.
{
"source": "ECHA CLP Annex VI (harmonised C&L)",
"index_no": "603-002-00-5",
"ec_number": "200-578-6",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"hazard_class": "Flam. Liq. 2",
"chemical_name": "ethanol; ethyl alcohol",
"hazard_statements": "H225"
}View →Hide ↑
{
"source": "ECHA Biocidal active substances (BPR, Reg. (EU) 528/2012)",
"ec_number": "200-578-6",
"bas_number": "1303",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"chemical_name": "Ethanol",
"product_types": "PT01, PT02, PT04, PT06",
"approval_status": "under assessment",
"assessment_status": "Initial application for approval in progress"
}View →Hide ↑
{
"source": "EU REACH Registered Substances (ECHA CHEM)",
"ec_number": "200-578-6",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"chemical_name": "Ethanol"
}View →Hide ↑
Great Britain's mandatory classification & labelling; a listing assigns the substance legally binding GB hazard classifications.
{
"source": "GB MCL (HSE)",
"ec_number": "200-578-6",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"hazard_class": "Flam. Liq. 2",
"chemical_name": "ethanol;",
"hazard_statements": "H225"
}View →Hide ↑
The WHO/IARC carcinogen classification; a listing assigns the substance a cancer-hazard group, e.g. Group 1 (carcinogenic to humans).
{
"source": "IARC Monographs",
"volume": "96, 100E",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"iarc_group": "1",
"chemical_name": "Ethanol in alcoholic beverages",
"evaluation_year": "2009"
}View →Hide ↑
Canada's inventory of substances already in commerce; a listing means it can be manufactured or imported without new-substance notification.
{
"source": "Canada Domestic Substances List (DSL)",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"identifier": "64-17-5",
"publication": "Canada Gazette Part II, Vol. 128, No. 9, May 4, 1994, SOR/94-311 (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=cangaz&id=14339&lang=eng)",
"identifier_2": "",
"chemical_name": "Ethanol",
"additional_information": "This substance is on the Domestic Substances List (DSL). \n \nThis substance was added to the DSL as an “Existing Substance” given that it meets the criteria set out in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 for substances that were in commerce in Canada between 1984 and 1986."
}View →Hide ↑
Canada's pollutant-release inventory; a listing means facilities must publicly report releases and transfers of the substance.
{
"source": "Canada National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI)",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"identifier": "64-17-5",
"publication": "https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/national-pollutant-release-inventory/report/legal-requirements-gazette-notices.html - Notices with respect to substances in the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI)",
"identifier_2": "",
"chemical_name": "Ethanol",
"additional_information": "NPRI Part (threshold category): 5\nThreshold for reporting to NPRI: 1 tonne released to air\nConcentration threshold: None\nThis substance has been reportable to the NPRI since: 2003\n\nFor more information, see the NPRI website (https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/pollution-waste-management/national-pollutant-release-inventory.html)."
}View →Hide ↑
Australia's official workplace hazard classification; a listing assigns the substance harmonised GHS health and physical-hazard categories.
{
"source": "Safe Work Australia HCIS (via PubChem GHS Classification)",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"pictograms": [],
"pubchem_cid": "702",
"signal_word": "Danger",
"chemical_name": "Lux",
"hazard_statements": [
"H225: Highly Flammable liquid and vapor [Danger Flammable liquids]",
"H319: Causes serious eye irritation [Warning Serious eye damage/eye irritation]"
]
}View →Hide ↑
Japan's official GHS hazard classification (NITE); a listing assigns the substance harmonised GHS health and physical-hazard categories.
{
"source": "Japan NITE-CMC (via PubChem GHS Classification)",
"cas_number": "64-17-5",
"pictograms": [],
"pubchem_cid": "702",
"signal_word": "Danger",
"chemical_name": "Lux",
"hazard_statements": [
"H225: Highly Flammable liquid and vapor [Danger Flammable liquids]",
"H320: Causes eye irritation [Warning Serious eye damage/eye irritation]",
"H335: May cause respiratory irritation [Warning Specific target organ toxicity, single exposure; Respiratory tract irritation]",
"H336: May cause drowsiness or dizziness [Warning Specific target organ toxicity, single exposure; Narcotic effects]",
"H350: May cause cancer [Danger Carcinogenicity]",
"H360: May damage fertility or the unborn child [Danger Reproductive toxicity]",
"H372: Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure [Danger Specific target organ toxicity, repeated exposure]",
"H373: May causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure [Warning Specific target organ toxicity, repeated exposure]",
"H340: May cause genetic defects [Danger Germ cell mutagenicity]",
"H319: Causes serious eye irritation [Warning Serious eye damage/eye irritation]"
]
}