Database/Buffering/Diisopropanolamine
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Diisopropanolamine natural?

No. DIPA is manufactured from petrochemical propylene oxide and ammonia; both building blocks are synthetic, not natural.

INCI nameDiisopropanolamine
CAS110-97-4
FormulaC6H15NO2 · 133.19 Da
FunctionBuffering
FeedstockProduced by reacting propylene oxide with ammonia, both…

How we scored it

Synthetic amino alcohol from propylene oxide plus ammonia (petrochemical); no natural fragment.
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

Produced by reacting propylene oxide with ammonia, both petrochemical/synthetic feedstocks. No natural-origin manufacturing route exists.

In plain English

A pH buffer that keeps a formula's acidity in a stable range. It is a synthetic amino alcohol manufactured from propylene oxide and ammonia.

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Structure

2D structure of Diisopropanolamine

1-(2-hydroxypropylamino)propan-2-ol

PubChem CID 8086 ↗

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. 2Diisopropanolamine. PubChem CID 8086. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3DIISOPROPANOLAMINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4DIISOPROPANOLAMINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DIISOPROPANOLAMINE