Database/Fragrance/Salicylaldehyde
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Salicylaldehyde natural?

No. Structurally and industrially a phenol/benzaldehyde derivative, manufactured from petrochemical phenol feedstock.

INCI nameSalicylaldehyde
CAS90-02-8
FormulaC7H6O2 · 122.12 Da
FunctionFragrance
FeedstockManufactured synthetically from phenol via formylation. Trace natural…

How we scored it

Ortho-hydroxybenzaldehyde, a phenol derivative; scored as a petrochemical aromatic by this site's convention, matching salicylic acid. 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 synthetically from phenol via formylation. Trace natural occurrence in some plants is not commercially significant.

In plain English

A fragrance ingredient with an almond-like scent. It's manufactured chemically from phenol, a petroleum-derived building block.

CosIng definition: Salicylaldehyde is the organic compound that conforms to the formula:

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Structure

2D structure of Salicylaldehyde

2-hydroxybenzaldehyde

PubChem CID 6998 ↗

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. 2Salicylaldehyde. PubChem CID 6998. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3SALICYLALDEHYDE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4SALICYLALDEHYDE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SALICYLALDEHYDE