Database/Fragrance/Dimethyl Carbonate
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Dimethyl Carbonate natural?

No. Both methyl groups and the carbonate linkage trace to petrochemical methanol and carbon-monoxide/dioxide chemistry.

INCI nameDimethyl Carbonate
CAS616-38-6
FormulaC3H6O3 · 90.08 Da
FunctionFragrance · Propellant
FeedstockManufactured from petrochemical methanol via oxidative carbonylation or…

How we scored it

Made from petrochemical methanol plus CO/CO2-derived carbonate; no natural fragment present; 0/90.1 = 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

Manufactured from petrochemical methanol via oxidative carbonylation or transesterification routes. No commercially significant natural route exists.

In plain English

A lab-made solvent and mild fragrance/propellant ingredient, used as a low-toxicity replacement for other petrochemical solvents in cosmetic formulas.

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Structure

2D structure of Dimethyl Carbonate

dimethyl carbonate

PubChem CID 12021 ↗

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. 2Dimethyl Carbonate. PubChem CID 12021. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3DIMETHYL CARBONATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4DIMETHYL CARBONATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DIMETHYL%20CARBONATE