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Where it comes from
Allyl caproate is made by esterifying allyl alcohol, made from petrochemical propylene, with caproic (hexanoic) acid typically fractionated from coconut or palm kernel oil. The acid portion is natural; the alcohol portion is synthetic.
In plain English
A fruity, pineapple-scented fragrance ingredient. It combines a lab-made alcohol with a fatty acid typically derived from coconut or palm kernel oil, so it is partly plant-based and partly synthetic.
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Structure
prop-2-enyl hexanoate
References
- 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.
- 2Allyl Caproate. PubChem CID 31266. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3ALLYL CAPROATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4ALLYL CAPROATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ALLYL%20CAPROATE