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Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Dibutyl Lauroyl Glutamide natural?

Mostly. Lauric acid from coconut or palm kernel oil and L-glutamic acid from fermentation are natural, but the two n-butylamine groups derive from petrochemical butanol and ammonia.

INCI nameDibutyl Lauroyl Glutamide
CAS63663-21-8
FormulaC25H49N3O3 · 439.7 Da
FunctionFilm Forming · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockLauroyl glutamic acid (coconut fatty acid plus fermentation…

How we scored it

C25H49N3O3 439.7: lauroyl 183.3 + glutamyl core 112.1 natural = 295.4; two butylamide groups C4H10N 144.3 petrochemical. 295.4/439.7 = 0.67.
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

Lauroyl glutamic acid (coconut fatty acid plus fermentation glutamic acid) is amidated with petrochemical n-butylamine. Bio-butylamine from fermentation butanol is not a commercially significant route.

In plain English

An oil-thickening gelling agent that also forms a conditioning film on skin and hair. It joins lauric acid from coconut or palm kernel oil to glutamic acid from fermentation, then adds two butyl amide groups made from petrochemical butylamine.

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Structure

2D structure of Dibutyl Lauroyl Glutamide

(2S)-N,N'-dibutyl-2-(dodecanoylamino)pentanediamide

PubChem CID 113401 ↗

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. 2Dibutyl Lauroyl Glutamide. PubChem CID 113401. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3DIBUTYL LAUROYL GLUTAMIDE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4DIBUTYL LAUROYL GLUTAMIDE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DIBUTYL%20LAUROYL%20GLUTAMIDE