Database/Hair Conditioning/Dimethyl Imidazolidinone
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Dimethyl Imidazolidinone natural?

No. The ring, both methyl groups and the carbonyl come from petrochemical amines, methanol and urea or carbonate, with no natural-origin fragment.

INCI nameDimethyl Imidazolidinone
CAS80-73-9
FormulaC5H10N2O · 114.15 Da
FunctionHair Conditioning · Humectant
FeedstockDominant route cyclises N,N'-dimethylethylenediamine with urea or a…

How we scored it

C5H10N2O (114.15 Da) built from petrochemical ethylenediamine, methylamine and urea or carbonate; natural mass 0, so 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

Dominant route cyclises N,N'-dimethylethylenediamine with urea or a carbonate source. No natural-origin route is commercially used.

In plain English

A small, water-attracting solvent-type compound used to condition skin and hair and to help dissolve other ingredients. It is made synthetically from petrochemical building blocks.

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Structure

2D structure of Dimethyl Imidazolidinone

1,3-dimethylimidazolidin-2-one

PubChem CID 6661 ↗

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 Imidazolidinone. PubChem CID 6661. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3DIMETHYL IMIDAZOLIDINONE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4DIMETHYL IMIDAZOLIDINONE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DIMETHYL%20IMIDAZOLIDINONE