Database/Emollient/Chimyl Alcohol
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Chimyl Alcohol natural?

Yes. Both glycerin and the C16 fatty alcohol chain are natural-origin building blocks; the ether linkage adds no petrochemical atoms.

INCI nameChimyl Alcohol
CAS506-03-6
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockA glyceryl ether of cetyl alcohol, naturally found…

How we scored it

Glyceryl ether: glycerin (natural) plus cetyl C16 fatty alcohol (natural) joined by an ether bond; no petrochemical mass retained. 1.0.
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

A glyceryl ether of cetyl alcohol, naturally found in shark liver oil and milk fat, and commercially made from vegetable glycerin and fatty alcohol. Both feedstocks are natural.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning emollient related to compounds found naturally in fish oil and milk fat. It is commercially made from plant glycerin joined to a fatty alcohol.

Structure

2D structure of Chimyl Alcohol

PubChem CID 10448487 ↗

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. 2Chimyl Alcohol. PubChem CID 10448487. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3CHIMYL ALCOHOL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4CHIMYL ALCOHOL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CHIMYL%20ALCOHOL