Database/Antistatic/Dimethyl Lauramine
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Dimethyl Lauramine natural?

Mostly. The dodecyl chain comes from coconut or palm-kernel lauryl alcohol or lauric nitrile, whereas the nitrogen (ammonia) and the two methyl groups (methanol or dimethylamine) are petrochemical.

INCI nameDimethyl Lauramine
CAS112-18-5
FormulaC14H31N · 213.40 Da
FunctionAntistatic · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockDominant route: lauryl alcohol (or lauric nitrile route)…

How we scored it

Lauryl C12H25 169.3 natural (coconut/palm-kernel); N 14.0 (ammonia) + 2 methyl C2H6 30.1 petrochemical = 44.1; total C14H31N 213.4; 169.3/213.4 = 0.79.
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: lauryl alcohol (or lauric nitrile route) from coconut or palm-kernel oil reacted with dimethylamine and hydrogen. Supplier note: Ziegler-derived dodecanol would remove the chain credit and give 0.00.

In plain English

A fatty tertiary amine used as an anti-static and hair-conditioning ingredient. Its C12 lauryl chain comes from coconut or palm-kernel oil, while the dimethylamine head group is petrochemical.

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Structure

2D structure of Dimethyl Lauramine

N,N-dimethyldodecan-1-amine

PubChem CID 8168 ↗

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 Lauramine. PubChem CID 8168. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3DIMETHYL LAURAMINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4DIMETHYL LAURAMINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DIMETHYL%20LAURAMINE