Database/Film Forming/Polyquaternium-47
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Polyquaternium-47 natural?

No. All three monomers - acrylate, acrylic acid and a quaternary acrylamide - are manufactured from petrochemical feedstocks.

INCI namePolyquaternium-47
CAS197969-51-0
FormulaC17H31ClN2O5 · 378.9 Da
FunctionFilm Forming · Hair Fixing
FeedstockProduced by free-radical polymerisation of petroleum-derived acrylate and…

How we scored it

Copolymer of methyl acrylate, acrylic acid and methacrylamidopropyl-trimethylammonium chloride - all synthetic acrylic/acrylamide monomers = 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 by free-radical polymerisation of petroleum-derived acrylate and acrylamide monomers. No natural feedstock is used in any of the three building blocks.

In plain English

A synthetic film-forming polymer used in hair styling products to help hold hair in place and give it a smooth, flexible feel.

CosIng definition: 1-Propanaminium, N,N,N-trimethyl-3-[(2-methyl-1-oxo-2-propenyl)amino]-, chloride, polymer with methyl 2-propenoate and 2-propenoic acid

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Structure

2D structure of Polyquaternium-47

methyl prop-2-enoate;prop-2-enoic acid;trimethyl-[3-(2-methylprop-2-enoylamino)propyl]azanium;chloride

PubChem CID 156595214 ↗

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. 2Polyquaternium-47. PubChem CID 156595214. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3POLYQUATERNIUM-47. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4POLYQUATERNIUM-47. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=POLYQUATERNIUM-47