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Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol, or commonly myristyl alcohol (from Myristica fragrans – the nutmeg plant), is a straight-chain saturated fatty alcohol, with the molecular formula C14H30O. It is a white crystalline solid that is practically insoluble in water, soluble in diethyl ether, and slightly soluble in ethanol.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol may be prepared by the hydrogenation of myristic acid (or its esters); myristic acid itself can be found in nutmeg (from where it gains its name) but is also present in palm kernel oil and coconut oil and it is from these that the majority of Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is produced. It may also be produced from petrochemical feedstocks via either the Ziegler process or hydroformylation.
As with other fatty alcohols, Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is used as an ingredient in cosmetics such as cold creams for its emollient properties. It is also used as an intermediate in the chemical synthesis of other products such as surfactants.
CAS NO: 68855-56-1
EC NUMBER: 272-490-6
IUPAC NAMES:
Alcohols C12-16
Alcohols, C12-16
Fatty Alcohol C12-16
Fatty alcohol, C12-16
tetradecan-1-ol
SYNONYMS:
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What Are Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol?
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol (also called C12-C16 alcohols) are a mixture of fatty alcohols with 12 to 16 carbons in the alkyl chain.
How Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol Alcohols Are Made?
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol alcohols are made by combining Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol. The result is a colourless liquid that has a mild odour and decomposes in high heat.
What Do Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol Alcohols Do?
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol alcohols act as an emulsion stabilizer and viscosity increasing agent, allowing things to stay spreadable and creamy. It can be found in lipstick, sunscreen, moisturizer, and other products.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol Safety
Whole Foods has deemed the ingredient acceptable in its body care and cleaning product quality standards. Although ethoxylated alcohols may experience 1,4 dioxane contamination as a byproduct of the production process, the EPA considers it safe to consume water with 4 ppm of 1,4 dioxane for one day or 0.4 ppm of 1,4 dioxane for 10 days.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A colourless liquid with a mild odour. Mp: 5°C; bp < 150°C; density: 0.9 g cm-3. Completely miscible with water. A major threat to the environment in case of a spill. Immediate steps should be taken to limit spread. Can easily penetrate the soil and contaminate groundwater and nearby streams. Used in the making of surfactants.
REACTIVITY PROFILE
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol, ethoxylated is stable up to 50° C. Oxidizes on exposure to the air to form peroxides and peracids. Combustible but not flammable (flash point > 179°C). Auto-ignition temperature: 230°C. May react with strong oxidizing agents, strong acids, and strong bases. Incompatible with copper and copper alloys and aluminium. A mixture of polyether alcohols of formula R-O-(CH2CH2-O-)n-H where R is a C-12 through C-16 alkyl group and n equals 1 through 6. Synthesized by treating a mixture of Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol with ethylene oxide.
OVERVIEW
IDENTIFICATION:
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is a white solid. It is not soluble in water.
USE:
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is used as a perfume fixative for soaps and cosmetics. It is found in many personal care items such as; shampoo, toothpaste, cold creams, ointments and suppositories. Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is used in speciality cleaning products, as an anti-foam agent and in some plastics. It is also used as a food additive.
EXPOSURE:
Workers that use or produce Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol may breathe in mists or have direct skin contact. The general population may be exposed by eating food or drinking beverages that contain Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol. Skin exposure will result from using some personal care items. If Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is released into the environment it is expected to bind tightly to particles in soil and water. It is not expected to move through the soil. It is expected to move into the air from wet soil and water surfaces. It will be broken down in soil and water by microorganisms. It is expected to build up moderately in aquatic organisms. If Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is released into the air, it will be broken down by reactions with other chemicals.
INDUSTRY USES
* Finishing agents
* Functional fluids (open systems)
* Lubricants and lubricant additives
* Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories
* Plasticizers
* Processing aids, not otherwise listed
* Processing aids, specific to petroleum production
* Raw material for the production of antioxidants (esters)
* Surface active agents
* Viscosity adjustors
* Lubricants and lubricant additives
* Commercial and industrial products.
* Intermediates
* Personal Care product ingredient
* Adhesives and sealant chemicals
CONSUMER USES
* Adhesives and sealants
* Cleaning and furnishing care products
* Fabric, textile, and leather products not covered elsewhere
* Lubricants and greases
* Metal products not covered elsewhere
* Non-TSCA use
* Paints and coatings
* Personal care products
* Plastic and rubber products not covered elsewhere
* Agricultural products (non-pesticidal)
* Building/construction materials not covered elsewhere
* Fuels and related products
* Laundry and dishwashing products
* Cleaning and furnishing care products
* Industrial organic chemicals used in commercial and consumer products.
* Plastic and rubber products not covered elsewhere
* Arts, crafts, and hobby materials
* Ink, toner, and colourant products
* Lubricants and greases
INDUSTRY PROCESSING SECTORS
* All other basic organic chemical manufacturing
* All other chemical product and preparation manufacturing
* Oil and gas drilling, extraction, and support activities
* Paint and coating manufacturing
* Pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical manufacturing
* Petrochemical manufacturing
* Petroleum lubricating oil and grease manufacturing
* Plastic material and resin manufacturing
* Primary metal manufacturing
* Rubber product manufacturing
* Soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparation manufacturing
* Wholesale and retail trade
* Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
* Construction
* Adhesive manufacturing
* Fabricated metal product manufacturing
* Paper manufacturing
* Plastics product manufacturing
* Printing ink manufacturing
IDENTIFICATION AND USE:
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is a white solid or crystal used in organic synthesis, plasticizers, antifoaming agent, intermediate, perfume fixative for soaps and cosmetics, wetting agents and detergents, ointments and suppositories, shampoos, toothpaste, cold creams, and specialty cleaning preparations.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is a colourless liquid or crystalline solid. It has an unpleasant fatty odor at high concentrations, but a delicate floral smell when diluted. 1-Dodecanol is not soluble in water.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol's production and use in organic synthesis, in plasticizers, as an anti-foam agent, perfume fixative for soaps and cosmetics, wetting agents and detergents, ointments and suppositories, shampoos, toothpaste, cold creams, and speciality cleaning preparations may result in its release to the environment through various waste streams. If released to air, a vapour pressure of 1.1X10-4 mm Hg at 25 °C indicates Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol will exist solely as a vapour in the atmosphere. Vapor-phase Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol will be degraded in the atmosphere by reaction with photochemically-produced hydroxyl radicals; the half-life for this reaction in air is estimated to be 18 hours. Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol does not contain chromophores that absorb at wavelengths >290 nm and, therefore, is not expected to be susceptible to direct photolysis by sunlight. If released to soil, Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is expected to have no mobility based upon Koc values of 18,197-34,674 in humic acid. Volatilization from moist soil surfaces is expected to be an important fate process based upon a Henry's Law constant of 1.04X10-4 atm-cu m/mole. However, adsorption to soil is expected to attenuate volatilization. Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is not expected to volatilize from dry soil surfaces based upon its vapour pressure. A biodegradation half-life of 5.5 days was calculated for Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol, based on a rate constant of 52.5 1/hr measured in sludge indicating that biodegradation may be an important environmental fate process in soil and water. If released into water, Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is expected to adsorb to suspended solids and sediment based upon Koc values of 23,320-64,060 in suspended solids. Volatilization from water surfaces is expected based upon this compound's Henry's Law constant.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is used in the making of detergents and soaps. It is found in personal care products including shampoo, soap, body wash, shaving gel and hair colorant. It is used to a lesser extent in wetting, emulsifying and foaming agents. It is used in fragrances and is approved for use in food.
Fatty alcohols (or long-chain alcohols) are usually high-molecular-weight, straight-chain primary alcohols, but can also range from as few as 4–6 carbons to as many as 22–26, derived from natural fats and oils. The precise chain length varies with the source. Some commercially important fatty alcohols are lauryl, stearyl, and oleyl alcohols. They are colourless oily liquids (for smaller carbon numbers) or waxy solids, although impure samples may appear yellow. Fatty alcohols usually have an even number of carbon atoms and a single alcohol group (–OH) attached to the terminal carbon. Some are unsaturated and some are branched. They are widely used in industry. As with fatty acids, they are often referred to generically by the number of carbon atoms in the molecule, such as "a C12 alcohol", which is an alcohol having 12 carbons, for example, Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol.
Fatty alcohols like LAURYL MYRISTYL ALCOHOL have many uses in today’s manufacturing facilities. Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is often employed as a chemical intermediate when producing surfactants, detergents and esters used in cleaning products.
As well, Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol possesses natural foaming stabilizing and amphipathic properties, adding to its usefulness as a detergent or soap.
Other uses of Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol include as an emollient, emulsifier or viscosity modifier in cosmetics and personal care products, as well as in lubricants and grease
Applications
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is used as an ingredient in cosmetics such as cold creams. Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is an active intermediate in the chemical synthesis of sulfated alcohol.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is also employed in the fabrication of temperature-regulated drug release system based on phase-change materials.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol plays a vital role in filling the hollow interiors of gold nanocages in the fabrication of a new theranostic system, which has the unique feature of photoacoustic imaging.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is lighter-weight fatty alcohol that functions as a thickener, emulsion stabilizer, and emollient.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is also sometimes used as a surfactant, often with other surfactants. Myristyl alcohol is considered safe as used in cosmetics.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is a fatty alcohol used as an emollient in cosmetics and skincare products.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is primarily used to inhibit a formula from separating into its oil and liquid components
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is also used as an intermediate in the manufacture of surfactants.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is used in some Shampoos due to its foam boosting and viscosity stabilizing properties.
Commonly Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is used in cosmetics (Hair care, skincare, body care) as an emollient and a stabilizer, preventing separation.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol smooths the skin and prevents moisture loss. Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol may also be used as a fragrance ingredient.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is a kind of straight-chain saturated fatty alcohol. It is often used as an ingredient in cosmetics such as cold creams because of its emollient properties.
Myristyl alcohol can also be used as the intermediate during the manufacturing of some organic compounds like surfactants.
Some studies have shown that it can inhibit endothelial activation and reduce tissue responsiveness to cytokines, having the potential to treat periodontitis based on studies on rabbits. It is also employed for the fabrication of a temperature-regulated drug release system based on phase-change materials.
Chemical Properties
Lauryl Myristyl alcohol occurs as a white crystalline solid with a waxy odour. Also reported as opaque leaflets or crystals from ethanol.
Lauryl myristyl alcohol is originated from South Africa.
Lauryl myristyl alcohol is a type of fatty alcohol which is a form of the combination of C12 and C14 that is lauryl and myristyl.
Lauryl myristyl alcohol is also known as DodecanolTetradecanol.
The chemical formula of lauryl myristyl alcohol is C26H54O, and the molecular weight is 186.3368.
Lauryl myristyl alcohol is colourless liquid and has a mild odour and decomposes when subjected to excessive heat.
The life span of Laurel myristyl alcohol is one year from its date of manufacturing.
The Lauryl myristyl alcohol has extensive uses in several industries including food, cosmetic, automotive, textile, and chemical industries.
Moreover, Lauryl Alcohol is used as an intermediate in the manufacture of surfactants.
The global lauryl myristyl alcohol market is driven by rising chemical and manufacturing industries.
The wide range of application in various industries leads to an increase in the demand for lauryl myristyl alcohol.
Consumers are using more of personal care products which further leads to an increase in the usage of lauryl myristyl alcohol in cosmetics.
Macroeconomic factors such as increasing disposable income, literacy rate, the rapid rate of urbanization, and change in lifestyle also lead to the growth of the lauryl myristyl alcohol market.
The lauryl myristyl alcohol causes corrosive of ingestion, irritation to skin and eye contact, inhalation problem.
Severe overexposure can cause death leads to restraining the growth of the market.
Derivatives of the detergent range Lauryl Myristyl alcohols are used in light- and heavy-duty detergents, laundry pre-softeners, hard surface cleaners, disinfectant, cleaners, metal cleaners, textile processing, pulp and paper processing, wastepaper deinking, agricultural uses in pesticides and soil conditioners, and in metalworking as surface lubricants, etc.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol, also known as C12-14 Alcohol, is a fatty alcohol. It’s C1214 chain length allows it to be used in a variety of industries and applications ranging from Industrial and Personal Care to Textile and Household cleaners.
Lauryl myristyl alcohol is a type of fatty alcohol which is a form of the combination of C12 and C14 that is lauryl and myristyl. The Lauryl myristyl alcohol has extensive uses in several industries including food, cosmetic, automotive, textile, and chemical industries. Moreover, Lauryl Alcohol is used as an intermediate in the manufacture of surfactants.
Dodecanol, or lauryl myristyl alcohol, is an organic compound produced industrially from palm kernel oil or coconut oil. It is a fatty alcohol. Sulfate esters of lauryl alcohol, especially sodium lauryl sulfate, are very widely used as surfactants. Sodium lauryl sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, and sodium Laureth sulfate are all used in shampoos. lauryl myristyl alcohol is tasteless and colourless with a floral odour.
USE:
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is used in the making of detergents and soaps. It is found in personal care products including shampoo, soap, body wash, shaving gel and hair colorant. It is used to a lesser extent in wetting, emulsifying and foaming agents. It is used in fragrances and is approved for use in food.
Lauryl-Myristyl Alcohol is used in many cosmetic and skincare products. It provides emollient effect, lubricity and emulsion stabilization. It acts as a viscosity controller
PREVENTIVE MEASURES:
* Remove to fresh air.
* Wash off immediately with soap and plenty of water while removing all contaminated clothes and shoes.
* Eye contact Rinse thoroughly with plenty of water for at least 15 minutes, lifting lower and upper eyelids.
* Consult a physician.
* Clean mouth with water and drink afterwards plenty of water.
Lauryl Myristyl Alcohol is a colourless liquid with a characteristic fatty alcohol odour. The principal uses for this product are as a raw material for surfactants, emulsion stabilizer for creams and lotions, a quality modifier of lipsticks and an additive for ointment base and cream conditioners.
