Database/Antimicrobial/Dichlorophene
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Dichlorophene natural?

No. Built entirely from chlorinated phenol, a petrochemical aromatic; no natural building blocks are involved.

INCI nameDichlorophene
CAS97-23-4
FormulaC13H10Cl2O2 · 269.12 Da
FunctionAntimicrobial · Deodorant
FeedstockSynthesised from phenol and chlorine via petrochemical routes…

How we scored it

Bis-chlorophenol antimicrobial; phenol and chlorophenol fragments are petrochemical. No natural fragments. 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

Synthesised from phenol and chlorine via petrochemical routes to form the bis-phenol structure. No natural-origin route exists.

In plain English

A synthetic antimicrobial and deodorising ingredient that controls odor-causing bacteria. It is manufactured entirely from petroleum-derived chlorinated phenol chemistry.

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Structure

2D structure of Dichlorophene

4-chloro-2-[(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]phenol

PubChem CID 3037 ↗

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. 2Dichlorophene. PubChem CID 3037. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3DICHLOROPHENE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4DICHLOROPHENE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DICHLOROPHENE