Benzalkonium Chloride

  • Identifiers

    Molecular formula
    C22H40ClN

    SMILES
    CCCCCCCCCCCCC[N+](C)(C)CC1=CC=CC=C1.[Cl-]

    Safety labels

    Corrosive
    Corrosive

    Acute Toxic
    Acute Toxic

    Irritant
    Irritant

    Environmental Hazard
    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/mol

    Melting 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

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Recommendation
No restriction
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