Database/Toluene
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Toluene natural?

No. Toluene is a petroleum-refining/petrochemical aromatic hydrocarbon with no natural cosmetic-ingredient production route.

INCI nameToluene
CAS108-88-3
FormulaC7H8 · 92.14 Da
FeedstockObtained from catalytic reforming of petroleum naphtha or…

How we scored it

Aromatic petrochemical solvent (BTX stream); no natural fragment = 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

Obtained from catalytic reforming of petroleum naphtha or as a coal-tar/pyrolysis by-product. No natural route exists.

In plain English

A solvent used in some nail and hair products, derived from crude oil refining. It has no natural or plant-based source.

Structure

2D structure of Toluene

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PubChem CID 1140 ↗

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. 2Toluene. PubChem CID 1140. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3TOLUENE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4Toluene. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=Toluene