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56257-90-0

Name 2-phenoxyethanol
CAS 56257-90-0
Molecular Formula C8H10O2
MDL Number MFCD00002857
MOL File 56257-90-0.mol

Chemical Properties

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Phenoxyethanol is an aromatic ether-alcohol used mainly as a preservative, mostly with methyldibromoglutaronitrile (in Euxyl® K 402) or with parabens. Sensitization to this molecule is very rare.

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