Database/Antistatic/Cocamine
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Cocamine natural?

Mostly. Coco fatty alkyl chain is natural; the amine group is sourced from natural-gas-derived ammonia.

INCI nameCocamine
CAS61788-46-3
FormulaC38H46N2O8 · 658.8 Da
FunctionAntistatic · Emulsifying Surfactant
FeedstockMade from coconut fatty acids or alcohols converted…

How we scored it

Lauryl (coco-proxy) alkyl C12H25 (natural) 169.3 Da + NH2 (petrochemical, natural-gas ammonia, per site urea precedent) 16.0 Da = 185.3 Da; 169.3/185.3 = 0.91. Supplied formula/iupac describe an unrelated tropane-alkaloid diester; disregarded in favour of the CosIng description.
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

Made from coconut fatty acids or alcohols converted to a nitrile then hydrogenated with ammonia to install the amine group. The alkyl chain is renewable; the amine nitrogen is treated as petrochemical, consistent with this site's urea/allantoin convention.

In plain English

A conditioning and antistatic ingredient made from coconut-derived fatty chains fitted with an amine group. The coconut portion is natural; the amine group is made using industrial ammonia.

CosIng definition: Amines, coco alkyl

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Structure

2D structure of Cocamine

bis[(1R,2R,3S,5S)-2-methoxycarbonyl-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-yl] 2,4-diphenylcyclobutane-1,3-dicarboxylate

PubChem CID 94155 ↗

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. 2Cocamine. PubChem CID 94155. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3COCAMINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4COCAMINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=COCAMINE