Database/Perfuming/Cis-Jasmone
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Cis-Jasmone natural?

No. Although trace amounts occur in jasmine absolute, the fragrance-industry material is built from petrochemical cyclopentanone/aldehyde precursors.

INCI nameCis-Jasmone
CAS488-10-8
FormulaC11H16O · 164.24 Da
FunctionPerfuming
FeedstockCommercial cis-jasmone is produced by synthetic aldol-condensation routes…

How we scored it

Whole C11H16O molecule; commercial fragrance-grade cis-jasmone is manufactured synthetically rather than isolated from jasmine flowers at commercial scale → 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

Commercial cis-jasmone is produced by synthetic aldol-condensation routes from petrochemical building blocks, since isolating the trace amounts present in jasmine flowers is commercially impractical. Natural isolation exists only as a costly niche product.

In plain English

A jasmine-scented fragrance ingredient. Trace amounts occur naturally in jasmine flowers, but the material used in perfumery is normally manufactured rather than extracted from flowers.

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Structure

2D structure of Cis-Jasmone

3-methyl-2-[(Z)-pent-2-enyl]cyclopent-2-en-1-one

PubChem CID 1549018 ↗

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. 2Cis-Jasmone. PubChem CID 1549018. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3CIS-JASMONE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4CIS-JASMONE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CIS-JASMONE