Database/Perfuming/Methylcyclopentadecanone
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Methylcyclopentadecanone natural?

No. Synthetic muscone is built from petrochemical cyclododecanone (butadiene) or other fossil chains.

INCI nameMethylcyclopentadecanone
CAS541-91-3
FormulaC16H30O · 238.41 Da
FunctionPerfuming
FeedstockDominant route builds the macrocycle from petrochemical cyclododecanone…

How we scored it

C16H30O 238.4: macrocyclic ketone from petrochemical cyclododecanone or synthetic chain; 0/238.4 = 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

Dominant route builds the macrocycle from petrochemical cyclododecanone (butadiene trimer). Routes from vegetable-oil diacids are minor, and natural deer musk is not used.

In plain English

A synthetic musk fragrance ingredient (muscone) that gives a soft, warm, skin-like musky note and helps fix other scents. It replaces the animal musk once taken from musk deer.

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Structure

2D structure of Methylcyclopentadecanone

3-methylcyclopentadecan-1-one

PubChem CID 10947 ↗

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. 2Methylcyclopentadecanone. PubChem CID 10947. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3METHYLCYCLOPENTADECANONE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4METHYLCYCLOPENTADECANONE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=METHYLCYCLOPENTADECANONE