Undecane
- Benchmark: Benchmark 2
- Assessed: 2025-10-30
- Expires: 2030-02-24
Used primarily in Cosmetics & Personal Care, and Industrial / Manufacturing applications, Undecane is specifically used in chemical feedstock, chemical intermediate, conditioning agent, emollient, ink, and solvent.
Undecane is a linear C11 aliphatic hydrocarbon. It is used as feedstock for detergents, other industrial materials, reaction solvents, and solvents for industrial cleaning products. It is a component of consumer products such as car wax and lamp oil (OECD 2010). It is used as a solvent in printing inks and degreasing products, and as a chemical intermediate for the production of chlorinated paraffins (C10-C30), n-paraffins (C10-C14), n-alcohol-paraffins (C11-C14), internal olefins and sulfonates, and citric acid (HSDB 2017). Additionally, it functions as a skin conditioning agent and emollient in cosmetic formulations (EC 2024). It is manufactured through the refinement of petroleum, in which nparaffins are isolated from the kerosene fraction via adsorption to molecular sieves or adduction with urea and then distilled (PubChem 2024).
Chemical Synonyms Hendecane; n-Hendecane; Hendekan; Undekan; Decane, methyl- (PubChem 2024).
Key Functions: Cosmetics & Personal Care, Industrial / Manufacturing