Database/Perfuming/Methyl Amyl Ketone
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Methyl Amyl Ketone natural?

No. Commercial Methyl Amyl Ketone is a petrochemical solvent-grade ketone; trace natural occurrence in foods is not a commercial source.

INCI nameMethyl Amyl Ketone
CAS110-43-0
FormulaC7H14O · 114.19 Da
FunctionPerfuming
FeedstockProduced industrially from petroleum-derived feedstocks via ketonization or…

How we scored it

C7H14O heptan-2-one built from petrochemical feedstocks via oxo-synthesis/ketonization; trace natural occurrence not commercially extracted. 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

Produced industrially from petroleum-derived feedstocks via ketonization or oxo-synthesis routes. No natural extraction route is commercially significant.

In plain English

A synthetic solvent-type ingredient with a fruity, banana-like odor, used in small amounts as a fragrance component. It is manufactured from petroleum feedstocks.

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Structure

2D structure of Methyl Amyl Ketone

heptan-2-one

PubChem CID 8051 ↗

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. 2Methyl Amyl Ketone. PubChem CID 8051. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3METHYL AMYL KETONE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4METHYL AMYL KETONE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=METHYL%20AMYL%20KETONE