Database/Antistatic/Lauramine
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Lauramine natural?

Mostly. Fatty amine from coconut/palm-kernel lauric acid via the nitrile route; the amine nitrogen from ammonia is conventionally non-natural.

INCI nameLauramine
CAS124-22-1
FormulaC12H27N · 185.35 Da
FunctionAntistatic
FeedstockMade from lauric acid, typically from coconut or…

How we scored it

Dodecyl fragment C12H25 169.3 Da (lauric-acid derived, oleochemical, natural) + NH2 16.0 Da (ammonia). 169.3/185.36 = 0.91.
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

Made from lauric acid, typically from coconut or palm kernel oil, converted to the nitrile and then hydrogenated to the amine using ammonia and hydrogen. Ammonia is sourced from natural gas.

In plain English

An antistatic ingredient made from coconut or palm kernel fatty acid, converted into a fatty amine using ammonia.

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Structure

2D structure of Lauramine

dodecan-1-amine

PubChem CID 13583 ↗

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. 2Lauramine. PubChem CID 13583. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3LAURAMINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4LAURAMINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LAURAMINE