Database/Tonic/Nicotinyl Alcohol
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Nicotinyl Alcohol natural?

No. Structurally a pyridine-methanol, made via the same petrochemical pyridine chemistry as niacinamide; no significant natural-origin route exists.

INCI nameNicotinyl Alcohol
CAS100-55-0
FormulaC6H7NO · 109.13 Da
FunctionTonic
FeedstockManufactured from synthetic pyridine, a petrochemical/coal-tar derived feedstock,…

How we scored it

Pyridine-ring alcohol; commercial routes to pyridine derivatives (cf. niacinamide precedent) are petrochemical, fermentation route negligible. 0/109.13 = 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

Manufactured from synthetic pyridine, a petrochemical/coal-tar derived feedstock, by analogy to niacinamide's 3-cyanopyridine route. No commercially significant fermentation route exists.

In plain English

A synthetic vitamin-B3-related compound used as a skin tonic ingredient. It is built from lab-made pyridine chemistry, the same family of petrochemical processes used to make niacinamide.

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Structure

2D structure of Nicotinyl Alcohol

pyridin-3-ylmethanol

PubChem CID 7510 ↗

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. 2Nicotinyl Alcohol. PubChem CID 7510. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3NICOTINYL ALCOHOL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4NICOTINYL ALCOHOL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=NICOTINYL%20ALCOHOL