{"id":353,"date":"2014-02-14T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?p=353"},"modified":"2016-04-12T09:25:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T15:25:12","slug":"pcc-fatty-alcohol-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/353\/pcc-fatty-alcohol-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatty Alcohol Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-354\" src=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2014\/02\/Fatty_alcohol_-_generic-300x177.png\" alt=\"Fatty_alcohol_-_generic\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Fatty_alcohol_-_generic-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Fatty_alcohol_-_generic.png 493w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/Product\/search?k=Fatty+Alcohols&amp;sug=1&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Fatty alcohols<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/Product\/search?k=Fatty+Alcohols&amp;sug=1&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">EU<\/a>) are an important class of materials used in numerous types of personal care products. Get familiar with their many uses, characteristics and product resources below.<\/p>\n<h3>Typical uses include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Thickening anhydrous products like antiperspirant sticks<\/li>\n<li>Thickening oil in water emulsions via the formation of lamellar crystalline gel networks<\/li>\n<li>As emollients to modify skin feel<\/li>\n<li>As solvents (liquid branched type)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They are chemicals characterized as having a free primary, secondary, or tertiary hydroxyl group attached to a long chain group. Fatty alcohols are usually long chain primary alcohols, but they can also range from as few as 4-6 carbons to as many as 22-26 carbons. They can also be unsaturated and have methyl branching.<\/p>\n<p>These chemicals occur widely in nature in plants\/animals and normally are straight chain, even in carbon length. They are produced by transesterifying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/search?k=triglycerides&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">triglycerides<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/search?k=triglycerides&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">EU<\/a>) with methanol followed by hydrogenating the resulting esters to the alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>Fatty alcohols are also prepared synthetically. In the Ziegler process, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/search?k=ethylene&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">ethylene<\/a> is oligomerized using triethylaluminium followed by air oxidation. This process creates even-numbered alcohols. Alternatively, ethylene can be oligomerized to give mixtures of alkenes, which are subjected to hydroformylation. This process creates odd-numbered aldehydes, which are subsequently hydrogenated. For example, from 1-decene, hydroformylation gives the C11 alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>In the Shell higher olefin process, the chain-length distribution in the initial mixture of alkene oligomers is adjusted so as to more closely match market demand. Shell does this using an intermediate metathesis reaction. The resultant mixture is fractionated and hydroformylated\/hydrogenated in a subsequent step.<\/p>\n<p>Guerbet alcohols are branched alcohols produced by the condensation of primary alcohols at temperatures of 180 &#8211; 300\u00b0C in the presence of alkaline condensing agents. They are normally liquid alcohols.<\/p>\n<h2>Recommended Suppliers<\/h2>\n<p><b>Natural based:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Procter and Gamble \u2013\u00a0C8-18 alcohols under the CO designation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/Suppliers\/75\/BASF-Care-Creations\/search?sug=1&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">BASF<\/a> (Cognis) \u2013 C12-22 alcohols under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/Products\/2796\/Fatty-Alcohols\/search?trade=4294964577&amp;sug=1&amp;st=1&amp;so=tn&amp;sl=27613266&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Lanette<\/a> trademark.<br \/>\nEU: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/Suppliers\/804\/BASF\/search?sug=1&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">BASF<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/Products\/2796\/Fatty-Alcohols\/search?trade=4294964577&amp;sug=1&amp;st=1&amp;so=tn&amp;sl=27613510&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Lanette<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/Suppliers\/2264\/Sasol-Olefins-and-Surfactants\/search?sug=1&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Sasol<\/a> \u2013 C12-22 alcohols under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/Products\/2796\/Fatty-Alcohols\/search?trade=4294956558&amp;sug=1&amp;st=1&amp;so=tn&amp;sl=27613516?st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Nacol<\/a> trademark.<br \/>\nEU: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/Suppliers\/2262\/Sasol-Olefins-and-Surfactants\/search?sug=1&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Sasol<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/Products\/2796\/Fatty-Alcohols\/search?trade=4294956558&amp;sug=1&amp;st=1&amp;so=tn&amp;sl=27613616?st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Nacol<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Synthetic straight chain:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/Suppliers\/2264\/Sasol-Olefins-and-Surfactants\/search?sug=1&amp;?st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Sasol<\/a> \u2013 C10-20 alcohols under the Alfol trademark.<br \/>\nEU: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/Suppliers\/2262\/Sasol-Olefins-and-Surfactants\/search?sug=1&amp;?st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Sasol<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Branched (Guerbet type) <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/Suppliers\/2264\/Sasol-Olefins-and-Surfactants\/search?sug=1&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Sasol<\/a> \u2013 C12-32 alcohols under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/search?trade=4294956554&amp;sug=1&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Isofol<\/a> trademark<br \/>\nEU: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/Suppliers\/2262\/Sasol-Olefins-and-Surfactants\/search?sug=1&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Sasol<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/search?trade=4294956554&amp;sug=1&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Isofol<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reference<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Z Presents All about fatty alcohols (copyright 2000-Condea)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatty alcohols (EU) are an important class of materials used in numerous types of personal care products. Get familiar with their many uses, characteristics and product resources below. Typical uses include: Thickening anhydrous products like antiperspirant sticks Thickening oil in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/353\/pcc-fatty-alcohol-basics\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[113],"ppma_author":[1251],"class_list":{"0":"post-353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-care-cosmetics-cleaners","8":"tag-sensory","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fatty Alcohol Basics - Prospector Knowledge Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Expert personal care formulator discusses fatty alcohols, including their many uses, characteristics and product resources.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/353\/pcc-fatty-alcohol-basics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fatty Alcohol Basics - Prospector Knowledge Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Expert personal care formulator discusses fatty alcohols, including their many uses, characteristics and product resources.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/353\/pcc-fatty-alcohol-basics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prospector Knowledge Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-14T13:00:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-12T15:25:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Fatty_alcohol_-_generic.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"493\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"292\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"George Deckner\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"George Deckner\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/353\\\/pcc-fatty-alcohol-basics\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/353\\\/pcc-fatty-alcohol-basics\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"George Deckner\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4e8c804f4d62b747a0827fe8a3456717\"},\"headline\":\"Fatty Alcohol Basics\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-14T13:00:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-12T15:25:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/353\\\/pcc-fatty-alcohol-basics\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":360,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/353\\\/pcc-fatty-alcohol-basics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/Fatty_alcohol_-_generic.png\",\"keywords\":[\"sensory\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Personal Care &amp; 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While at Procter &amp; Gamble, George was one of the top inventors, with 354 granted and filed global patents (201 U.S. patents). He helped develop many of the core platform technologies used in skin care today with numerous products commercialized under the Olay, Bain de Soleil, Clearasil, Noxzema and SK2 brands. Previously, George was a Senior Chemist and Manager in the area of skin care product development, as well as the Director of Exploratory Formulation for Charles of the Ritz Group. During this time, George received the President\u2019s Cup Award for outstanding business contribution and developed numerous marketed skin care products under the Bain de Soleil, Jean Nate, Yves Saint Laurent and Charles of the Ritz Brands. George is a current member of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists and is on the scientific advisory board for Cosmetics &amp; Toiletries Magazine. He is a frequent guest lecturer for numerous key global suppliers, as well as for local and national SCC meetings. George is an avid tennis player and follower of the sport. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. 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