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Substance: octyl methoxycinnamate			Other Names: ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate; octinoxate; trans-OMC

Formula: C18H26O3					CAS-No.: 5466-77-3	PubChem: CID 5355130

Study: Photodegradation, UV absorption spectrum

                
Authors: K.M. Hanson, S. Narayanan, V.M. Nichols, C.J. Bardeen

Title: Photochemical Degradation of the UV Filter Octyl Methoxycinnamate in Solution and in Aggregates

Journal/Source: Photochem. Photobiol. Sciences, 14, 1607-1616, (2015); https://doi.org/10.1039/C5PP00074B


Data: diagram, table

Energy/Wavelength range: 250 - 350 nm

Resolution: 

Temperature: 298 K

Temperature dependence: no

Pressure/Concentration: 

Phase: solution (ethanol, methanol, cyclohexane)

pH:


Comments: The absorption spectrum of trans-OMC is affected by solvent polarity, with lambda(max) = 291 nm in cyclohexane shifting to 310 nm in ethanol and methanol. 

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