Benzalkonium Chloride
-
Identifiers
Molecular formula
C22H40ClNSMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCC[N+](C)(C)CC1=CC=CC=C1.[Cl-]
Safety labels
Corrosive
Acute Toxic
Irritant
Environmental -
Odor profile
Fragrance Waxy 66.34% Fatty 41.43% Oily 37.3% Green 26.7% Balsamic 24.18% Floral 23.38% Sweet 22.07% Fresh 21.96% Woody 21.51% Burnt 21.29% Flavor Mild 24.81% Waxy 24.24% Bland 23.49% Delicate 21.27% Slightly waxy 19.97% Diterpene 19.86% Low 19.2% Oriental 19.0% Skunky 18.75% Beer 18.55% Odor impact est.
Low -
Properties
pKa est.
7.95 (neutral)Molecular weight
354.0 g/molMelting point expt.
- 241.02 °C
- 29-34 °C
Flash point
- 105.47 ˚C est.
Solubility expt.
- Very soluble in alcohol, acetone; slightly soluble in benzene; almost insoluble in ether
- Slightly soluble in benzene
- 1 G OF ANHYDROUS FORM DISSOLVES IN ABOUT 6 ML BENZENE, 100 ML ETHER
- Very soluble in water
- Solubility in water at 20 °C: good
-
Synonyms
- pentonium
- Alpagelle
- Zephiran
- Benzalkonii chloridum
- Cloruro de benzalconio
- Chlorure de benzalkonium
- NSC-758480
- Fundamentals
- Greenberry
- Prosanitize
- Shieldplex
- Viraxshield
- Aquacil
- Because
- CaseysLavender
- Cleanse
- Companion
- Daranjo
- Dermacide
- Disinall
- Enuclen
- Handsoap
- Handwash
- Keystone
- Mediwiper
- Mefarol
- Nasoclenz
- Phoemay
- Purmist
- safeHands
- Savannah
- Snugell
- Swisher
- Tecnofood
- Tridergel
- Walgreen
- Mystic
- Nimbus
- Steiro
- Vanish
- BioCleanze
- CleanTabs
- coRna
- FlashWipes
- HydrAphex
- meijer kids
- moist wipes
- Pzazz
- UltraClean
- Wipex
- Anti-bacterial
- Anti-microbial
- CleanCom
- crisp pear
- Defender wipes
- DiaSinc
- MaxSaver
- Nice
- pre fense
- TopSani
- TriClara
- Alaska Airlines
- Anti Microbial
- Antiseptic Wash
- Benzalkonium A
- Benzalkonium Cl
- Berkley Jensen
- Blister Blaster
- Bloom Wellness
- go wipes
- Hand Protector
- Healthy Accents
- Healthy Spirit
- Lemon clean
- Sanitary Wipes
- Sanitizer Cream
- Three Cleansing
- Treasure Wipes
- United Airlines
- Vitamin Shoppe
- Western Family
- Aloe Formula
- Body Cleanser
- Careone Amber
- Caring Hands
- Cvs Pharmacy
- Defender Wipe
- Dermasan Plus
- Instant Wipe
- Jabon Cremoso
- Juniper Clean
- Natures Baby
- Pocket Spray
- Primal Blends
- Refresh Wipes
- Sanidry Wipes
- Shrieve Clean
- Smells Clean
- TaeTu Aftercare
- angel of mine
- Pet wipes
- ReadyBath Luxe
- Anstiseptic Wipe
- Antiseptic Spray
- Bactine Max
- Blue Green
- CVS Merthiolate
- DDM Merthiolate
- Delphis Eco
- Desitin Dabaways
- Foamy Blue
- Fresh Hands
- Gator Byte
- Germ Stuff
- Giant Eagle
- Guardian Vaginal
- Hand Armor
- Hand Wipes
- Instant Gel
- Jabon Avena
- Jelly Smack
- Klean Freak
- Pure Force
- Push Clean
- Redi Wipes
- Sanitising Wipes
- Sanitizing Spray
- 8001-54-5
-
Applications
Benzalkonium chloride is a cationic surfactant and quaternary ammonium biocide widely used as a disinfectant and sanitizer in healthcare facilities, laboratories, and consumer cleaning products; it also serves as an antimicrobial preservative in ophthalmic preparations and some cosmetic/personal care formulations; in coatings, inks, and plastics it functions as an antimicrobial additive and surfactant to improve wetting, dispersion, and stability; it is used for sanitizing food-contact surfaces and equipment in the food and beverage industries; and it is evaluated for use in polymers and specialty coatings to impart antimicrobial properties.
gpt-5-nano
-
Solubility @25˚C
Solvent Solubility (g/L) ethanol 1318.9 methanol 516.08 isopropanol 1439.48 water 0.07 ethyl acetate 4380.69 n-propanol 1760.03 acetone 3814.31 n-butanol 2244.92 acetonitrile 825.68 DMF 1638.35 toluene 2020.34 isobutanol 1695.26 1,4-dioxane 4634.16 methyl acetate 2318.74 THF 6550.53 2-butanone 3232.24 n-pentanol 1353.88 sec-butanol 1653.12 n-hexane 1470.86 ethylene glycol 43.8 NMP 1870.02 cyclohexane 4862.47 DMSO 1851.39 n-butyl acetate 4727.48 n-octanol 844.81 chloroform 7409.0 n-propyl acetate 3471.24 acetic acid 822.13 dichloromethane 7111.56 cyclohexanone 6620.64 propylene glycol 141.53 isopropyl acetate 3467.61 DMAc 1969.76 2-ethoxyethanol 1456.7 isopentanol 2340.92 n-heptane 2198.97 ethyl formate 1626.86 1,2-dichloroethane 5465.96 n-hexanol 1846.87 2-methoxyethanol 1526.72 isobutyl acetate 2470.12 tetrachloromethane 2254.01 n-pentyl acetate 3081.75 transcutol 4832.72 n-heptanol 1076.81 ethylbenzene 989.36 MIBK 2756.69 2-propoxyethanol 2081.95 tert-butanol 2105.26 MTBE 4580.1 2-butoxyethanol 1666.86 propionic acid 959.67 o-xylene 1278.61 formic acid 72.7 diethyl ether 5864.12 m-xylene 1281.93 p-xylene 1338.98 chlorobenzene 2129.01 dimethyl carbonate 715.87 n-octane 553.75 formamide 139.75 cyclopentanone 4439.78 2-pentanone 4143.4 anisole 1349.31 cyclopentyl methyl ether 5224.02 gamma-butyrolactone 3531.37 1-methoxy-2-propanol 1512.88 pyridine 2743.79 3-pentanone 3244.03 furfural 1918.72 n-dodecane 184.18 diethylene glycol 544.17 diisopropyl ether 2372.87 tert-amyl alcohol 1952.18 acetylacetone 3081.54 n-hexadecane 223.7 acetophenone 1320.22 methyl propionate 2434.65 isopentyl acetate 4088.67 trichloroethylene 6637.93 n-nonanol 821.6 cyclohexanol 2963.4 benzyl alcohol 770.75 2-ethylhexanol 2022.92 isooctanol 1126.75 dipropyl ether 5878.91 1,2-dichlorobenzene 1853.07 ethyl lactate 778.8 propylene carbonate 2217.64 n-methylformamide 579.85 2-pentanol 1906.14 n-pentane 1360.57 1-propoxy-2-propanol 2399.14 1-methoxy-2-propyl acetate 2675.33 2-(2-methoxypropoxy) propanol 846.65 mesitylene 1001.52 ε-caprolactone 4528.33 p-cymene 1014.75 epichlorohydrin 4680.45 1,1,1-trichloroethane 5963.8 2-aminoethanol 194.09 morpholine-4-carbaldehyde 2222.46 sulfolane 3416.53 2,2,4-trimethylpentane 648.9 2-methyltetrahydrofuran 5806.22 n-hexyl acetate 2575.04 isooctane 469.45 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol 1496.5 sec-butyl acetate 2585.16 tert-butyl acetate 3874.8 decalin 924.85 glycerin 171.06 diglyme 3870.21 acrylic acid 480.75 isopropyl myristate 998.2 n-butyric acid 2800.48 acetyl acetate 2103.14 di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 483.62 ethyl propionate 2826.49 nitromethane 1577.75 1,2-diethoxyethane 4250.4 benzonitrile 1144.66 trioctyl phosphate 483.79 1-bromopropane 4819.9 gamma-valerolactone 4468.38 n-decanol 559.58 triethyl phosphate 1108.48 4-methyl-2-pentanol 1254.88 propionitrile 1264.5 vinylene carbonate 1619.75 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane 2336.81 DMS 1199.33 cumene 744.82 2-octanol 821.47 2-hexanone 2791.47 octyl acetate 1076.54 limonene 2186.96 1,2-dimethoxyethane 4101.3 ethyl orthosilicate 1363.29 tributyl phosphate 623.6 diacetone alcohol 2217.3 N,N-dimethylaniline 952.54 acrylonitrile 832.72 aniline 1376.94 1,3-propanediol 600.71 bromobenzene 2575.06 dibromomethane 5312.66 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane 6592.65 2-methyl-cyclohexyl acetate 1971.0 tetrabutyl urea 855.64 diisobutyl methanol 1383.19 2-phenylethanol 879.12 styrene 1122.93 dioctyl adipate 1077.97 dimethyl sulfate 950.82 ethyl butyrate 3996.31 methyl lactate 575.19 butyl lactate 1341.14 diethyl carbonate 1805.06 propanediol butyl ether 738.07 triethyl orthoformate 2841.42 p-tert-butyltoluene 961.2 methyl 4-tert-butylbenzoate 1211.63 morpholine 5019.75 tert-butylamine 1871.3 n-dodecanol 429.98 dimethoxymethane 2530.32 ethylene carbonate 2048.08 cyrene 737.85 2-ethoxyethyl acetate 2647.47 2-ethylhexyl acetate 3482.48 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene 1985.04 4-methylpyridine 2788.03 dibutyl ether 3456.34 2,6-dimethyl-4-heptanol 1383.19 DEF 3596.78 dimethyl isosorbide 1631.45 tetrachloroethylene 4591.17 eugenol 793.57 triacetin 1709.2 span 80 897.71 1,4-butanediol 245.28 1,1-dichloroethane 5193.32 2-methyl-1-pentanol 1458.42 methyl formate 543.38 2-methyl-1-butanol 1990.03 n-decane 459.57 butyronitrile 2199.96 3,7-dimethyl-1-octanol 1080.97 1-chlorooctane 1315.95 1-chlorotetradecane 403.89 n-nonane 534.26 undecane 270.68 tert-butylcyclohexane 732.74 cyclooctane 1369.76 cyclopentanol 1961.49 tetrahydropyran 8853.77 tert-amyl methyl ether 3130.46 2,5,8-trioxanonane 1638.56 1-hexene 2571.36 2-isopropoxyethanol 1368.3 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol 320.01 methyl butyrate 3695.41 Scent© AI
| Maximum acceptable concentrations in the finished product (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Category 1
Products applied to the lips
|
No restriction |
Category 7A
Rinse-off products applied to the hair with some hand contact
|
No restriction |
|
Category 2
Products applied to the axillae
|
No restriction |
Category 7B
Leave-on products applied to the hair with some hand contact
|
No restriction |
|
Category 3
Products applied to the face/body using fingertips
|
No restriction |
Category 8
Products with significant anogenital exposure
|
No restriction |
|
Category 4
Products related to fine fragrance
|
No restriction |
Category 9
Products with body and hand exposure, primarily rinse off
|
No restriction |
|
Category 5A
Body lotion products applied to the body using the hands (palms), primarily leave on
|
No restriction |
Category 10A
Household care products with mostly hand contact
|
No restriction |
|
Category 5B
Face moisturizer products applied to the face using the hands (palms), primarily leave on
|
No restriction |
Category 10B
Household care products with mostly hand contact, including aerosol/spray products (with potential leave-on skin contact)
|
No restriction |
|
Category 5C
Hand cream products applied to the hands using the hands (palms), primarily leave on
|
No restriction |
Category 11A
Products with intended skin contact but minimal transfer of fragrance to skin from inert substrate without UV exposure
|
No restriction |
|
Category 5D
Baby Creams, baby Oils and baby talc
|
No restriction |
Category 11B
Products with intended skin contact but minimal transfer of fragrance to skin from inert substrate with potential UV exposure
|
No restriction |
|
Category 6
Products with oral and lip exposure
|
No restriction |
Category 12
Products not intended for direct skin contact, minimal or insignificant transfer to skin
|
No restriction |