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Is Sodium Laurate (SL) the same as Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES)?

There's controversy surrounding using SLS and SLES ingredients due to possible carcinogens. However, some soaps doesn't have SLS or SLES but has SL. Does SL have the same controversy surrounding it as SLS and SLES have? Is SL a skin irritant?

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    $\begingroup$ Short answer: no. SL, SLS and SLES are three different compounds. You can find their structures quite easily on Wikipedia and other general information sites. $\endgroup$
    – Andrew
    Commented May 19, 2021 at 11:46
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    $\begingroup$ Though health is not a topic ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4651417/…. and stuff like that... $\endgroup$
    – Alchimista
    Commented May 19, 2021 at 12:38

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No they are not the same thing.

Sodium laurate is the sodium salt of lauric acid $\ce{CH3(CH2)10CO2Na}.$

Sodium lauryl sulfate is the same compound as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and is the sodium salt of a sulfonic acid $\ce{CH3(CH2)11SO4Na}.$

Sodium laureth sulfate is a sodium salt of a sulfonate ester. There may be multiple ether linkages in the long chain giving several variants e.g. laureth-2 sulfate. The generic structure is $\ce{CH3(CH2)11(OCH2CH2)_nOSO3Na}.$

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