Database/Viscosity Controlling/Ethyl Methylphenylglycidate
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Ethyl Methylphenylglycidate natural?

No. Synthetic 'strawberry aldehyde' fragrance chemical built from petrochemical aromatic ketone and chloroacetate; not isolated from any essential oil.

INCI nameEthyl Methylphenylglycidate
CAS77-83-8
FormulaC12H14O3 · 206.24 Da
FunctionViscosity Controlling · Perfuming
FeedstockManufactured via Darzens condensation from a petrochemical acetophenone-type…

How we scored it

Whole molecule is a synthetic Darzens-condensation product of a petrochemical aryl ketone and ethyl chloroacetate; no natural fragment survives → 0/206 = 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 via Darzens condensation from a petrochemical acetophenone-type ketone and ethyl chloroacetate. No commercial natural-isolate route exists for this invented fragrance molecule.

In plain English

A man-made fragrance ingredient with a fruity, strawberry-like scent used in perfumes. It doesn't exist in nature and is built entirely from petrochemical starting materials in a factory.

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Structure

2D structure of Ethyl Methylphenylglycidate

ethyl 3-methyl-3-phenyloxirane-2-carboxylate

PubChem CID 6501 ↗

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 Methylphenylglycidate. PubChem CID 6501. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ETHYL METHYLPHENYLGLYCIDATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ETHYL METHYLPHENYLGLYCIDATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ETHYL%20METHYLPHENYLGLYCIDATE