Database/Not Reported/6-Aminocaproic Acid
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is 6-Aminocaproic Acid natural?

No. It is made by hydrolysing caprolactam, which is built from benzene-derived cyclohexanone and ammonia, so every fragment is petrochemical.

INCI name6-Aminocaproic Acid
CAS60-32-2
FormulaC6H13NO2 · 131.17 Da
FunctionNot Reported
FeedstockThe industrial route is acid or base hydrolysis…

How we scored it

C6H13NO2 131.2: carbon chain from cyclohexane via caprolactam, nitrogen from ammonia, all petrochemical. 0 / 131.2 = 0.0.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

The industrial route is acid or base hydrolysis of epsilon-caprolactam from petrochemical cyclohexanone oxime. Bio-based caprolactam routes from lysine or sugars have been piloted but are not commercially significant.

In plain English

A six-carbon amino acid that is not one of the protein-building amino acids. It is made industrially by splitting caprolactam, a petrochemical also used to make nylon.

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Structure

2D structure of 6-Aminocaproic Acid

6-aminohexanoic acid

PubChem CID 564 ↗

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 26-Aminocaproic Acid. PubChem CID 564. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 36-AMINOCAPROIC ACID. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 46-AMINOCAPROIC ACID. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=6-AMINOCAPROIC%20ACID