Characteristics
- INCI
- Cholesteryl Oleyl Carbonate
- CAS
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17110-51-9
This is the substance number in the Chemical Abstracts Service registry. The CAS number uniquely identifies a substance regardless of language, trade name, or synonyms.
- EC
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241-179-7
This is the substance number in the European chemical identification system (EC number), used in European regulatory databases including ECHA/CosIng.
- IUPAC
- Cholest-5-En-3.Beta.-Yl (Z)-Octadec-9-En-1-Yl Carbonate
- Functions
- skin conditioning
Description
A cholesterol based ester molecule (cholesterol + oleyl alcohol with carbonic acid) whose unique thing is that it's neither solid nor liquid but something in between called liquid crystals.
Multiple cholesteric esters are often mixed togeather to form a "cholesteric liquid crystal" structure that can reflect visible light to produce beautiful iridescent colors.
Found in products (56 total)
Наиболее часто встречается в продукции Skin Actives (15 продуктов)
