Database/Solvent/Ethylene Carbonate
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Ethylene Carbonate natural?

No. The dioxolanone ring is built from petrochemical ethylene oxide condensed with carbon dioxide.

INCI nameEthylene Carbonate
CAS96-49-1
FormulaC3H4O3 · 88.06 Da
FunctionSolvent
FeedstockManufactured by reacting petrochemical ethylene oxide with carbon…

How we scored it

Made from petrochemical ethylene oxide plus CO2; ethylene oxide fragment is explicitly petrochemical; 0/88.1 = 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 by reacting petrochemical ethylene oxide with carbon dioxide. No commercially significant natural route exists.

In plain English

A lab-made solvent used to help dissolve other ingredients in cosmetic formulas. Not derived from plant or mineral sources.

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Structure

2D structure of Ethylene Carbonate

1,3-dioxolan-2-one

PubChem CID 7303 ↗

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. 2Ethylene Carbonate. PubChem CID 7303. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ETHYLENE CARBONATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ETHYLENE CARBONATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ETHYLENE%20CARBONATE