Chemical Properties
Decyl glucoside is a white or light yellow solid with a softening point of 62°C, a decomposition point of 290°C and an HLB value of 16. It is soluble in water and highly soluble in alkaline solutions.
Uses
Decyl glucoside is a natural non-ionic surfactant belonging to the alkyl polyglucoside family. It has the function of moisturising the skin and preventing skin dryness, and it is mild and not easy to cause skin irritation. Therefore, it is widely used in personal care products and cosmetics, often added to shampoos and shower gels.
Preparation
Decyl glucoside can be extracted from corn or prepared from decanol and glucose.
Contact allergens
Decyl glucoside or decyl d-glucoside, also named decylbeta-
d-glucopyranoside, belongs to the alkyl glucosides
family and is obtained by condensation of the fatty alcohol
decyl alcohol and a d-glucose polymer. This nonionic
surfactant and cleansing agent has been widely
used for several years, due to its foaming power and
good tolerance in rinse-off products such as shampoos,
hair dyes and colors, and soaps. Decyl glucoside is also
employed in leave-on products such as no-rinsing
cleansing milks, lotions, and several sunscreen agents
and is contained as a stabilizing surfactant of organic
microparticles in sunscreen agent Tinosorb M.
References
[1] KYONG-HWAN CHUNG. Microporous Zeolites as Catalysts for the Preparation of Decyl Glucoside from Glucose with 1-Decanol by Direct Glucosidation[J]. Catalysts, 2016, 6 1: 216. DOI:10.3390/CATAL6120216.
[2] KYONG-HWAN CHUNG. Decyl Glucoside Synthesized by Direct Glucosidation of D-Glucose Over Zeolite Catalysts and Its Estrogenicity as Non-Endocrine Disruptive Surfactant.[J]. Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 2019, 19 2: 1172-1175. DOI:
10.1166/jnn.2019.15900.
