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BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE

Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used as a skin conditioning agent helping to smooth and soothe the skin.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used in decorative cosmetics/make-up, eye contour, creams, lotions & gels, sun & men care formulations.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used in texturing makeup bases, foundations, concealers, and cover sticks for younger, more even skin tones.

CAS Number: 70131-67-8
EC Number: 274-557-1
Molecular Formula: Variable (complex mixture of esters derived from butylene glycol and coconut fatty acids)

SYNONYMS:
Coconut oil fatty acids, 2-hydroxybutyl ester, 1,2-butylene Glycol Monococoate, cocoate BG, coconut oil fatty acids, 2-hydroxybutyl ester, coconut oil fatty acids, esters with 1,3-butanediol, fatty acids, coco, esters with 1,3-butanediol, Butylene Glycol Cocoate, Butanediol Cocoate, Cocoate Esters of Butylene Glycol, BG Cocoate, Coconut Fatty Acid Butylene Glycol Ester, Coconut Oil Butylene Glycol Ester

For sun care, Butylene Glycol Cocoate is a solubilizer for organic and mineral sun filters and increases SPF.
For skin care, Butylene Glycol Cocoate acts as an emollient.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate does not have a single defined molecular formula because it is a mixture of esters derived from butylene glycol (C4H10O2) and the fatty acids found in coconut oil.

These fatty acids are primarily composed of medium-chain fatty acids such as lauric acid (C12H24O2), myristic acid (C14H28O2), and others.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is a chemical ingredient used in self-care products like: shampoo, conditioner, lotion, anti-aging and hydrating serums, sheet masks, cosmetics, and sunscreen.

Butylene Glycol Cocoate is included in forulas for these types of products because it adds moisture and conditions hair and skin.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate also works as a solvent, meaning it keeps other ingredients, dyes, and pigments from clumping up inside of a solution.
Like all glycols, Butylene Glycol Cocoate is a type of alcohol.

Butylene Glycol Cocoate’s often made from distilled corn.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is an emollient and humectant derived from butylene glycol and coconut oil.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate helps to retain moisture and provides a smooth, silky feel to the skin.

Butylene Glycol Cocoate isn't fungal acne safe.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate can be bad for dry skin.
Butylene glycol cocoate is an oily chemical compound composed of butylene glycol and and fatty acids from coconut oil.

Butylene Glycol Cocoate is an ester of butylene glycol and Coconut Acid (q.v.).
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is an emollient, mono- and di-esters mix with extraordinary pigment-wetting properties.
The low viscosity of both non-coated or hydrophobically-coated pigment dispersions created with Butylene Glycol Cocoate (70 to 90% less viscous than castor oil) is an indicator of their high quality.

These same wetting and solubilizing characteristics are associated with the SPF-boosting effects obtained in live trials.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is a solubilizer for organic filters, emollient and powerful wetting agent for pigments & mineral filters.
This multifunctional and easy-to-use ingredient, Butylene Glycol Cocoate, combines complementary properties required for effective cosmetic products.

Butylene Glycol Cocoate boasts excellent compatibility.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate also improves spreadability and offers a soft and pleasant finish.
This non-animal & vegetal origin ingredient, Butylene Glycol Cocoate, offers dry feeling, non-stickiness & greasiness

Butylene Glycol Cocoate enables the formation and stabilisation of the product’s texture.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is a multifunctional ingredient that benefits many cosmetic product categories.
In makeup and powder formulations, Butylene Glycol Cocoate provides wetting agent pigment, dispersion and shade development.

Butylene Glycol Cocoate is an emollient blend of mono- and diester derivatives with exceptional pigment wetting properties.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used to texturize makeup foundations, foundations, concealers and sticks to create youthful and even skin tones.

The low viscosity of uncoated or hydrophobic pigment dispersions made with Butylene Glycol Cocoate (70-90% less viscous than castor oil) is an indicator of their high quality.
The same hydration and dissolution properties are associated with the increased SPF effect obtained in live tests.

USES and APPLICATIONS of BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
Emollient: Butylene Glycol Cocoate provides smoothness and hydration to skin and hair.
Moisturizer: Butylene Glycol Cocoate enhances moisture retention in cosmetic formulations.
Surfactant: Butylene Glycol Cocoate acts as a mild surfactant in cleansing products.

Conditioner: Butylene Glycol Cocoate improves the texture of hair and skin.
Stabilizer: Butylene Glycol Cocoate helps to stabilize emulsions in skincare and haircare products.
Cosmetic Uses of Butylene Glycol Cocoate: emulsion stabilisers, surfactant - emulsifying, and viscosity controlling agents.

Butylene Glycol Cocoate is a chemical ingredient used in self-care products like: shampoo, conditioner, lotion, anti-aging and hydrating serums, sheet masks, cosmetics, and sunscreen.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is included in forulas for these types of products because it adds moisture and conditions hair and skin.

Butylene Glycol Cocoate also works as a solvent, meaning it keeps other ingredients, dyes, and pigments from clumping up inside of a solution.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used as a skin conditioning agent helping to smooth and soothe the skin.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is a solubilizer for organic filters, emollient and powerful wetting agent for pigments & mineral filters.

This multifunctional and easy-to-use ingredient combines complementary properties required for effective cosmetic products.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate also improves spreadability and offers a soft and pleasant finish. This non-animal & vegetal origin ingredient, Butylene Glycol Cocoate, offers dry feeling, non-stickiness & greasiness.

Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used in decorative cosmetics/make-up, eye contour, creams, lotions & gels, sun & men care formulations.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used in texturing makeup bases, foundations, concealers, and cover sticks for younger, more even skin tones.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate boasts excellent compatibility.

WHAT BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE IS USED FOR AND WHERE:
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is an oil obtained from an amine-treated catalyst or acetaldehyde dehydrogenation process and its chemical structure is very similar to propylene glycol.

Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used as a humectant in tobacco, cellophane, as a solvent in injectables, and is also the most widely used glycol in the formulation of paints.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is a good vitrifying agent and a good solvent that can remove heavy hydrocarbon deposits.

COSMETICS, BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
*Emulsion stabilizer.
Emulsions are thermodynamically unstable.
Emulsion stabilisers improve the formation and stability of single and double emulsions.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate should be noted that in the structure-function relationship, molar mass plays an important role.

*Surfactant - Emulsifying agent.
Emulsions are thermodynamically unstable and are used to soothe or soften the skin and emulsify, so they need a specific, stabilising ingredient.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate forms a film, lowers the surface tension and makes two immiscible liquids miscible.

A very important factor affecting the stability of the emulsion is the amount of the emulsifying agent.
Emulsifiers have the property of reducing the oil/water or water/oil interfacial tension, improving the stability of the emulsion and also directly influencing the stability, sensory properties and surface tension of sunscreens by modulating the filmometric performance.

*Surfactant - Suspending agent.
Cosmetic or pharmaceutical suspensions are known to be thermodynamically unstable and Butylene Glycol Cocoate is therefore essential to include in the formulation a suspending agent capable of dispersing any sedimented particulates and reducing the rate of sedimentation.
The presence of Butylene Glycol Cocoateincreases the consistency of the suspension medium and exerts a protective colloidal action with a surfactant action.

FUNCTIONS OF BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
*Emollient
*Pigment wetting agent
*Emulsion stabilizer
*Emulsifier
*Viscosity controlling agent

WHAT DOES BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE DO IN A FORMULATION?
*Emulsifying
*Emulsion stabilising
*Viscosity controlling

KEY BENEFITS OF BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
*Butylene Glycol Cocoate improves skin hydration
*Butylene Glycol Cocoate provides a silky, smooth feel
*Butylene Glycol Cocoate helps to maintain the skin barrier
*Butylene Glycol Cocoate boosts overall skin vitality

OCCURRENCE OF BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE IN COSMETICS:
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is used as a solvent and preservative in different cosmetic products, eg in haircare products, body lotions etc

Background information on use in cosmetics:
Emulsifiers are often used in cosmetics as excipients.
They allow actually unmixable components like oil and water to be brought in a permanently stable emulsion.

In this way both aqueous and oily care and active ingredients can be used in one and the same product in cosmetics.
Emulsifiers are able to do that since their molecules consist of a lipophilic and a hydrophilic part.

In this way they can reduce the interfacial tension which actually exists between two incompatible substances like fat and water.
Emulsifiers are, more particularly, used for creams, lotions and cleansing agents.

At present emulsifiers are, however, more than only excipients which keep an emulsion stable.
Fatty acid esters on the basis of sugar, lecithin or glycerin monodistearate contribute, for instance, to improving the moisture balance of the skin and are, therefore, also considered as cosmetic active ingredients.

FUNCTIONS OF BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
*Emulsifying :
Butylene Glycol Cocoate promotes the formation of intimate mixtures between immiscible liquids by modifying the interfacial tension (water and oil)

*Emulsion stabilising :
Butylene Glycol Cocoate promotes the emulsification process and improves the stability and shelf life of the emulsion

*Viscosity controlling :
Butylene Glycol Cocoate increases or decreases the viscosity of cosmetics
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is present in 0.09% of cosmetics.
Adult sun cream (0.56%)

GENERAL REPRESENTATION OF BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
The molecular formula of the esters will vary depending on the specific fatty acid and the esterification process.

For example:
Lauric acid ester with butylene glycol: C16H32O4
Myristic acid ester with butylene glycol: C18H36O4

Since Butylene Glycol Cocoate is a complex blend rather than a single compound, a precise molecular formula cannot be provided for the entire mixture.
Butylene Glycol Cocoate is instead described by its functional groups and origin.

INFORMATION ABOUT BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
Ingredient on the basis of butylene glycol (1,3-butanediol).
"Glycol" refers to divalent alcohol as alcoholic component of this ingredient (ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, hexylene glycol and others).
Cocoates are esterification products or salts of fatty acids from coconut oil.

FUNCTIONS OF BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE IN COSMETIC PRODUCTS:
*EMULSION STABILISING
Butylene Glycol Cocoate supports emulsion formation and improves product stability

*SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING
Butylene Glycol Cocoate allows the formation of finely dispersed mixtures of oil and water (emulsions)

*VISCOSITY CONTROLLING
Butylene Glycol Cocoate increases or decreases the viscosity of cosmetic products

PROPERTIES AND BENEFITS OF BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
*Hydrating:
Locks in moisture, preventing dryness.

*Non-Greasy:
Lightweight and absorbs quickly into the skin.

*Compatibility:
Easily incorporated into formulations with other oils and esters.

*Gentle:
Non-irritating and suitable for sensitive skin.

*Natural Origin:
Derived from coconut oil and Butylene Glycol Cocoate, making it eco-friendly.

*Multi-Purpose:
Enhances spreadability and reduces tackiness in formulations.

FUNCTIONS OF BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
*EMULSION STABILIZER:
Butylene Glycol Cocoate helps the emulsification process and improves the stability and shelf life of the emulsion.

*SURFACTANT – EMULSIFIER:
Butylene Glycol Cocoate helps suspend or disperse liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.

*VISCOSITY CONTROL:
Butylene Glycol Cocoate increases or decreases the viscosity (thickness/thickness) of cosmetics.

MARKET OF BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
*Chemical Synthesis,
*Cosmetics & Personal Care

WHAT IS IT?
Coconut Oil, also called Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, is a pale-yellow, semisolid, edible oil.

Coconut Acid is a mixture of fatty acids derived from Coconut Oil. Other ingredients made from Coconut Oil and/or Coconut Acid that may be used in cosmetics and personal care products include: Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Hydrogenated Coconut Acid, Coconut Alcohol, Butylene Glycol Cocoate, Caprylic/Capric/Coco Glycerides, Cocoglycerides, Coconut Oil Decyl Esters, Decyl Cocoate, Ethylhexyl Cocoate, Isodecyl Cocoate, Lauryl Cocoate, Methyl Cocoate, Octyldodecyl Cocoate, Pentaerythrityl Cocoate, Tridecyl Cocoate, Magnesium Cocoate, Potassium Cocoate, Sodium Cocoate, Ammonium Cocomonoglyceride Sulfate, Sodium Cocomonoglyceride Sulfate, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Potassium Hydrogenated Cocoate and Sodium Hydrogenated Cocoate.

Among these ingredients made from Coconut Oil and/or its fatty acids, Coconut Oil is the most frequently used in the formulation of cosmetic and personal care products.

Coconut Oil can be found in many categories of cosmetic and personal care products including bath products, eye makeup, hair care products, shaving creams, suntan products, skin care products and lipsticks.

WHY IS IT USED?
When used in cosmetics and personal care products, Coconut Oil and Coconut Acid, and the ingredients derived from Coconut Oil and Coconut Acid have the following functions.

Anticaking agents – Magnesium Cocoate
Emulsion stabilizers – Coconut Alcohol, Butylene Glycol Cocoate
Hair conditioning agents – Cocus Nucifera (Coconut) Oil,

Opacifying agents – Hydrogenated Coconut Acid
Skin-conditioning agents – emollient – Caprylic/Capric/Coco Glycerides, Cocoglycerides, Ethylhexyl Cocoate, Isodecyl Cocoate, Lauryl Cocoate, Methyl Cocoate, Octyldodecyl Cocoate, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides

Skin-conditioning agents – miscellaneous – Cocus Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Pentaerythrityl Cocoate
Skin-conditioning agents – occlusive – Cocus Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Coconut Oil Decyl Esters, Decyl Cocoate, Lauryl Cocoate, Tridecyl Cocoate

Slip modifiers – Magnesium Cocoate
Surfactants – cleansing agents – Coconut Acid, Hydrogenated Coconut Acid, Potassium Cocoate, Sodium Cocoate, Ammonium Cocomonoglyceride Sulfate, Sodium Cocomonoglyceride Sulfate, Potassium Hydrogenated Cocoate, Sodium Hydrogenated Cocoate

Surfactants – emulsifying agents – Potassium Cocoate, Sodium Cocoate
Surfactants – foam boosters – Coconut Alcohol
Viscosity increasing agents – aqueous – Coconut Alcohol Viscosity increasing agents – nonaqueous – Coconut Alcohol, Butylene Glycol Cocoate, Magnesium Cocoate

SCIENTIFIC FACTS OF BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
Coconut Oil is obtained by expression from the dried inner flesh of the coconut, Cocos nucifera.
Coconut Oil is a source of lower chain length fatty acids, including lauric acid, capric acid, myristic acid and palmitic acid.
The traditional use of Coconut Oil and the salts of the Coconut Acid, Potassium Cocoate and Sodium Cocoate is in the manufacture of soap.
Coconut Oil has many other uses including in baking, candy making and in the manufacture of candles.

PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL PROPERTIES of BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
Appearance: Light yellow liquid or semi-solid
Molecular Formula: Variable (complex mixture of esters derived from butylene glycol and coconut fatty acids)
CAS Number: 70131-67-8
EC Number: 274-557-1
Density: Approximately 0.9 g/cm³
Solubility: Insoluble in water, soluble in oils
Boiling Point: Not applicable (mixture)
Flash Point: > 200°C
Viscosity: Low to medium, depending on formulation

FIRST AID MEASURES of BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
-Description of first-aid measures
*General advice:
Show this material safety data sheet to the doctor in attendance.
*If inhaled:
After inhalation:
Fresh air.
*In case of skin contact:
Take off immediately all contaminated clothing.
Rinse skin with
water/ shower.
*In case of eye contact:
After eye contact:
Rinse out with plenty of water.
Call in ophthalmologist.
Remove contact lenses.
*If swallowed:
After swallowing:
Immediately make victim drink water (two glasses at most).
Consult a physician.
-Indication of any immediate medical attention and special treatment needed.
No data available

ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES of BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
-Environmental precautions:
Do not let product enter drains.
-Methods and materials for containment and cleaning up:
Cover drains.
Collect, bind, and pump off spills.
Observe possible material restrictions.
Take up dry.
Dispose of properly.
Clean up affected area.

FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES of BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
-Extinguishing media:
*Suitable extinguishing media:
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Foam
Dry powder
*Unsuitable extinguishing media:
For this substance/mixture no limitations of extinguishing agents are given.
-Further information:
Prevent fire extinguishing water from contaminating surface water or the ground water system.

EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION of BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
-Control parameters:
--Ingredients with workplace control parameters:
-Exposure controls:
--Personal protective equipment:
*Eye/face protection:
Use equipment for eye protection.
Safety glasses
*Body Protection:
protective clothing
*Respiratory protection:
Recommended Filter type: Filter A
-Control of environmental exposure:
Do not let product enter drains.

HANDLING and STORAGE of BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
-Conditions for safe storage, including any incompatibilities:
*Storage conditions:
Tightly closed.
Dry.

STABILITY and REACTIVITY of BUTYLENE GLYCOL COCOATE:
-Chemical stability:
The product is chemically stable under standard ambient conditions (room temperature) .
-Possibility of hazardous reactions:
No data available