Database/Preservative/Chloroacetamide
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Chloroacetamide natural?

No. Entire molecule derives from synthetic chloroacetic acid chemistry; the chlorine is covalently bonded, not an ionic mineral counter-ion.

INCI nameChloroacetamide
CAS79-07-2
FormulaC2H4ClNO · 93.51 Da
FunctionPreservative
FeedstockManufactured by chlorinating acetic acid to chloroacetic acid,…

How we scored it

2-chloroacetamide: covalent C-Cl (organic halide, not a salt) plus amide, both from chloroacetic acid (petrochemical chlorination of acetic acid) → 0/93.5 = 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 chlorinating acetic acid to chloroacetic acid, then converting it to the amide. This is a fully synthetic, petrochemical preservative with no natural-origin route.

In plain English

A synthetic preservative made from chloroacetic acid, used in small amounts to stop microbial growth in formulas. It is manufactured entirely from petrochemical building blocks with no plant or mineral content.

CosIng definition: Chloroacetamide is the aliphatic amide that conforms to the formula:

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Structure

2D structure of Chloroacetamide

2-chloroacetamide

PubChem CID 6580 ↗

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. 2Chloroacetamide. PubChem CID 6580. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3CHLOROACETAMIDE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4CHLOROACETAMIDE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CHLOROACETAMIDE