Database/Hair Conditioning/Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate natural?

No. Every fragment—diglycol backbone, aminopropyl arms, maleic acid—is a petrochemical building block; none derives from a natural feedstock.

INCI nameBis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate
CAS1629579-82-3
FormulaC14H28N2O7 · 336.38 Da
FunctionHair Conditioning · Hair Waving Or Straightening
FeedstockManufactured from diethylene glycol and acrylonitrile-derived aminopropyl groups,…

How we scored it

Diamine from diethylene glycol (ethylene-oxide derived) + aminopropyl groups (acrylonitrile route), salted with maleic acid (benzene/butane oxidation). No natural fragment identified → 0/336 = 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 from diethylene glycol and acrylonitrile-derived aminopropyl groups, reacted then salted with synthetic maleic acid. No natural-feedstock route is used commercially.

In plain English

A synthetic conditioning agent used in hair-straightening and perming products, built entirely from petroleum-derived building blocks in a factory. It has no natural source.

CosIng definition: Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate is the salt of Maleic Acid (q.v.) and the diamine formed between Diethylene Glycol (q.v.) and 1-aminopropane.

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Structure

2D structure of Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate

3-[2-[2-(3-aminopropoxy)ethoxy]ethoxy]propan-1-amine;(Z)-but-2-enedioic acid

PubChem CID 156594947 ↗

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. 2Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate. PubChem CID 156594947. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3BIS-AMINOPROPYL DIGLYCOL DIMALEATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4BIS-AMINOPROPYL DIGLYCOL DIMALEATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BIS-AMINOPROPYL%20DIGLYCOL%20DIMALEATE