Database/Light Stabilizer/Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone natural?

No. This UV filter's triazine core and its 2-ethylhexanol ester groups are both manufactured entirely from petrochemical feedstocks.

INCI nameDiethylhexyl Butamido Triazone
CAS154702-15-5
FormulaC44H59N7O5 · 766.0 Da
FunctionLight Stabilizer · Uv Absorber
FeedstockDiethylhexyl Butamido Triazone is a fully synthetic sunscreen…

How we scored it

Triazone chromophore (synthetic aromatic amine/triazine core) esterified with 2-ethylhexanol (synthetic branched alcohol); both fragments petrochemical, no natural content.
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

Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone is a fully synthetic sunscreen molecule built from an aromatic triazine core and branched 2-ethylhexanol groups, both produced from petrochemical raw materials. There is no natural production route for this UV filter.

In plain English

A sunscreen filter that absorbs UVB rays. It is a complex, entirely man-made molecule manufactured from petrochemical raw materials; nothing in it comes from a plant or natural source.

CosIng definition: Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone is the organic compound that conforms to the formula:

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Structure

2D structure of Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone

2-ethylhexyl 4-[[4-[4-(tert-butylcarbamoyl)anilino]-6-[4-(2-ethylhexoxycarbonyl)anilino]-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl]amino]benzoate

PubChem CID 9810816 ↗

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. 2Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone. PubChem CID 9810816. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3DIETHYLHEXYL BUTAMIDO TRIAZONE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4DIETHYLHEXYL BUTAMIDO TRIAZONE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DIETHYLHEXYL%20BUTAMIDO%20TRIAZONE