Database/Light Stabilizer/Tris-Biphenyl Triazine
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Tris-Biphenyl Triazine natural?

No. Triazine-biphenyl UV absorber assembled from petrochemical aromatic building blocks; no natural-origin fragment or extraction route exists.

INCI nameTris-Biphenyl Triazine
CAS31274-51-8
FormulaC39H27N3 · 537.6 Da
FunctionLight Stabilizer · Uv Absorber
FeedstockTris-Biphenyl Triazine (Tinosorb S) is synthesised from petrochemical…

How we scored it

Symmetric triazine core with three biphenyl substituents; entirely synthetic aromatic UV chromophore built from petrochemical benzene/biphenyl precursors, giving 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

Tris-Biphenyl Triazine (Tinosorb S) is synthesised from petrochemical biphenyl and cyanuric chloride/triazine intermediates derived from benzene. No natural or bio-based route is used commercially.

In plain English

A broad-spectrum sunscreen filter built from synthetic aromatic rings. It's entirely lab-made from petroleum-derived chemicals, with no plant or mineral origin.

CosIng definition: Tris-Biphenyl Triazine is the heterocyclic compound that conforms to the formula:

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Structure

2D structure of Tris-Biphenyl Triazine

2,4,6-tris(4-phenylphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine

PubChem CID 11628027 ↗

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. 2Tris-Biphenyl Triazine. PubChem CID 11628027. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3TRIS-BIPHENYL TRIAZINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4TRIS-BIPHENYL TRIAZINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TRIS-BIPHENYL%20TRIAZINE