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Where it comes from
Isostearic acid is made by clay-catalysed isomerisation of natural oleic/tall-oil fatty acids. Hexanol is usually a petrochemical alcohol rather than a coconut-oil fraction.
In plain English
A silky emollient ester for skin and hair products. Combines isostearic acid, a branched fatty acid made from natural vegetable oils, with hexanol, a short-chain alcohol usually from petroleum.
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Structure
hexyl 16-methylheptadecanoate
References
- 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.
- 2Hexyl Isostearate. PubChem CID 16731397. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3HEXYL ISOSTEARATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4HEXYL ISOSTEARATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HEXYL%20ISOSTEARATE