Database/Perfuming/Isoborneol
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Isoborneol natural?

Yes. Industrially made by hydrating camphene, itself derived from natural pinene in turpentine; also isolated from some essential oils.

INCI nameIsoborneol
CAS124-76-5
FormulaC10H18O · 154.25 Da
FunctionPerfuming
FeedstockProduced by acid-catalysed hydration of camphene, which comes…

How we scored it

Bicyclic terpene alcohol C10H18O; made from natural turpentine-derived camphene, no petrochemical fragment involved.
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

Produced by acid-catalysed hydration of camphene, which comes from alpha-pinene in pine-tree turpentine. It also occurs as a minor component of some essential oils.

In plain English

A camphor-like, woody compound used as a fragrance ingredient. It is typically made from pine-tree turpentine via camphene, a widely used natural terpene feedstock.

Structure

2D structure of Isoborneol

(1R,2R,4R)-1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ol

PubChem CID 6321405 ↗

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. 2Isoborneol. PubChem CID 6321405. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ISOBORNEOL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ISOBORNEOL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ISOBORNEOL