Isostearyl alcohol is colorless, odorless, does not oxidize, and is nontoxic and nonirritating. It is an ideal replacement for castor oil and oleyl alcohol for the oil phase. It is a branched-chain aliphatic alcohol[1].
Isostearylalcohol can be used as an aerosol type hair dye or bleach composition.
isostearyl alcohol is an emollient and viscosity builder derived from isostearic acid. It gives the skin a silky feel after product application.
ChEBI: 16-methylheptadecan-1-ol is a long-chain primary fatty alcohol that is heptadecan-1-ol substituted by a hydroxy group at position 1 and a methyl group at position 16. It is functionally related to a heptadecan-1-ol. It derives from a hydride of a heptadecane.
Flammability and Explosibility
Non flammable
[1] R. R. Egan, B. J. Hoffman. “Fatty glycols and isostearyl alcohol as lipstick components.” Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society 1 1 (1968): 726–728.
