Database/Fragrance/Musk Ketone
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Musk Ketone natural?

No. A synthetic nitro-musk manufactured from petrochemical aromatic tert-butyltoluene; it is not isolated from any natural source.

INCI nameMusk Ketone
CAS81-14-1
FormulaC14H18N2O5 · 294.30 Da
FunctionFragrance · Perfuming
FeedstockSynthesised from petrochemical tert-butyltoluene by nitration and acetylation…

How we scored it

4-tert-butyl-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dinitroacetophenone; fully synthetic nitro-musk built from petrochemical tert-butyltoluene, nitrated and acetylated. No natural isolation route. 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

Synthesised from petrochemical tert-butyltoluene by nitration and acetylation to build the aromatic musk structure. No commercial natural or essential-oil source exists.

In plain English

A synthetic musk fragrance ingredient that gives perfumed products a warm, musky note. It is manufactured entirely from petrochemical aromatic building blocks and does not occur in nature.

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Structure

2D structure of Musk Ketone

1-(4-tert-butyl-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dinitrophenyl)ethanone

PubChem CID 6669 ↗

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. 2Musk Ketone. PubChem CID 6669. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3MUSK KETONE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4MUSK KETONE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MUSK%20KETONE