Database/Hair Dyeing/HC Red No. 15
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is HC Red No. 15 natural?

No. This nitro-substituted aniline dye is manufactured from petrochemical benzene/aniline derivatives with no natural building block.

INCI nameHC Red No. 15
CAS90648-73-0
FormulaC9H13N3O3 · 211.22 Da
FunctionHair Dyeing
FeedstockHC Red No. 15 is a synthetic nitro-phenylenediamine-type…

How we scored it

3-(4-amino-2-nitroanilino)propan-1-ol, C9H13N3O3; a synthetic nitroaniline dye intermediate with no natural fragment; 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

HC Red No. 15 is a synthetic nitro-phenylenediamine-type dye made from petrochemical aromatic amine intermediates. No natural-origin route exists.

In plain English

A synthetic red dye used in semi-permanent hair colouring products. It is made entirely from petroleum-derived aromatic chemicals in a lab.

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Structure

2D structure of HC Red No. 15

3-(4-amino-2-nitroanilino)propan-1-ol

PubChem CID 13907759 ↗

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. 2HC Red No. 15. PubChem CID 13907759. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3HC RED NO. 15. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4HC RED NO. 15. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HC%20RED%20NO.%2015