Database/Perfuming/Allyl Phenoxyacetate
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Allyl Phenoxyacetate natural?

No. Phenol, chloroacetic acid and allyl alcohol are all explicitly petrochemical building blocks under this site's convention.

INCI nameAllyl Phenoxyacetate
CAS7493-74-5
FormulaC11H12O3 · 192.21 Da
FunctionPerfuming
FeedstockManufactured by reacting phenol with chloroacetic acid (Williamson…

How we scored it

Phenoxy C6H5O 93.1Da (phenol, petrochemical) + chloroacetate-derived CH2CO ~70Da (petrochemical) + allyl C3H5 ~29Da (propylene, petrochemical) → 0/192.2=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

Manufactured by reacting phenol with chloroacetic acid (Williamson ether synthesis) then esterifying with allyl alcohol, both petrochemical-derived reagents.

In plain English

A synthetic fragrance ingredient with a honey-like note. Made from phenol and chloroacetic acid combined with allyl alcohol, all produced from petrochemical feedstocks.

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Structure

2D structure of Allyl Phenoxyacetate

prop-2-enyl 2-phenoxyacetate

PubChem CID 24117 ↗

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. 2Allyl Phenoxyacetate. PubChem CID 24117. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ALLYL PHENOXYACETATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ALLYL PHENOXYACETATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ALLYL%20PHENOXYACETATE