Quaternium-15

Quaternium-15

AKA “4080-31-3, DTXSID5024760, CHEBI:59607, Dowicil 100, 1-(3-Chloroallyl)-3, 5, 7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride, N-(3-Chloroallyl)hexaminium chloride, Dowicide Q, Quaternium 15, Cinartc 200”

Preservative

Ingredient Facts

Quaternium-15

AKA: 4080-31-3, DTXSID5024760, CHEBI:59607, Dowicil 100, 1-(3-Chloroallyl)-3, 7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride, N-(3-Chloroallyl)hexaminium chloride, Dowicide Q, Quaternium 15, Cinartc 200

Preservative · Antimicrobial · EWG: 8

Synthetic

Preservative

Not Clean

Methenamine 3-chloroallylochloride

Solubility greater than 100 mg/mL at 72 °F (NTP, 1992)

Formula

C9H16Cl2N4

Mol. Weight

251.15

CAS #

4080-31-3, 51229-78-8

Form

Liquid

State

1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride is a cream-colored powder. (NTP, 1992)

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Functions

Antimicrobial

Keeps your product from growing bacteria, mold, or yeast. Without these, that jar of cream becomes a petri dish in about a week.

Preservative

Keeps your product from growing bacteria, mold, or yeast. Without these, that jar of cream becomes a petri dish in about a week.

Fights Bacteria

Traditional Use

Developed in the mid-20th century as a synthetic antimicrobial preservative and formaldehyde releaser. Widely adopted in cosmetics during the 1960s-1980s to prevent bacterial and fungal contamination, though later restricted in some regions due to sensitization concerns.