Global Chemical Database

Safety, Regulation & Controversy

This topic covers chemical safety, toxicology, regulation, social impact, and historical controversies surrounding important chemicals.

Protonitazene

Protonitazene connects a small structural difference with the need for precise forensic identification.

Deschloro-N-ethyl-ketamine hydrochloride

A ketamine-related reference substance illustrates why exact structure and salt identity matter.

N-Desethyletonitazene

Exact identification matters when investigating the activity of emerging nitazene substances.

N-Desethylisotonitazene

N-Desethylisotonitazene illustrates why an active metabolite needs careful pharmacological and forensic interpretation.

Hydrofluoric acid

A closer look at Hydrofluoric acid: the structure tells the story.

Perfluoroheptane

Why does Perfluoroheptane matter? Its most interesting chemistry is easier to remember than a list of uses.

Potassium phosphate

A CAS number is an identifier, not a guarantee that every registered substance has one exact molecular formula.

Dibutyl phthalate

What happens when a chemical is successful for decades—and then science changes the questions we ask about it?

N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine

For years, scientists in the Pacific Northwest faced a strange mystery.

Dimethyl phthalate

Before DEET, people were already using chemistry to fight mosquitoes.