Database/Solvent/Ethyl Hexanediol
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Ethyl Hexanediol natural?

No. Both four-carbon units come from butyraldehyde made by hydroformylation of petrochemical propylene, so no natural-origin fragment remains.

INCI nameEthyl Hexanediol
CAS94-96-2
FormulaC8H18O2 · 146.23 Da
FunctionSolvent
FeedstockDominant route is aldol dimerisation of n-butyraldehyde followed…

How we scored it

C8H18O2 (146.23 Da) from two butyraldehyde units (propylene hydroformylation), aldol then hydrogenation; 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 is aldol dimerisation of n-butyraldehyde followed by hydrogenation. No natural-origin route is commercially used.

In plain English

A colourless solvent that helps dissolve other ingredients in a formula. It is made synthetically from petrochemical propylene.

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Structure

2D structure of Ethyl Hexanediol

2-ethylhexane-1,3-diol

PubChem CID 7211 ↗

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. 2Ethyl Hexanediol. PubChem CID 7211. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ETHYL HEXANEDIOL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ETHYL HEXANEDIOL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ETHYL%20HEXANEDIOL