Database/Denaturant/Acetone
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Acetone natural?

No. Acetone is manufactured almost exclusively from petrochemical propylene via the cumene process.

INCI nameAcetone
CAS67-64-1
FormulaC3H6O · 58.08 Da
FunctionDenaturant · Fragrance
FeedstockProduced via the cumene process from petrochemical benzene…

How we scored it

Acetone is explicitly listed as a petrochemical fragment -> 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.

How it’s made

Hock rearrangement (cumene process). Each curved arrow moves one electron pair, and the film ends on the score above.

Where it comes from

Produced via the cumene process from petrochemical benzene and propylene. No natural-origin commercial route exists for cosmetic-grade acetone.

In plain English

A fast-evaporating solvent used in nail and fragrance products, and as a denaturant. It is manufactured from petrochemical propylene and benzene.

CosIng definition: Acetone is the aliphatic ketone that conforms to the formula:

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Structure

2D structure of Acetone

propan-2-one

PubChem CID 180 ↗

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. 2Acetone. PubChem CID 180. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ACETONE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ACETONE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ACETONE