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HS Code |
293870 |
| Cas Number | 5333-42-6 |
| Molecular Formula | C20H42O |
| Molecular Weight | 298.55 g/mol |
| Appearance | Clear, colorless, oily liquid |
| Odor | Faint, characteristic |
| Melting Point | -3°C |
| Boiling Point | 368°C |
| Density | 0.826 g/cm³ (at 20°C) |
| Solubility In Water | Insoluble |
| Flash Point | 185°C |
| Refractive Index | 1.444 - 1.448 (at 20°C) |
| Viscosity | 18-23 mPa·s (at 20°C) |
| Purity | Typically ≥98% |
| Chemical Name | 2-Octyldodecanol |
| Synonyms | Isodecyl octadecanol |
As an accredited 2-Octyldodecanol factory, we enforce strict quality protocols—every batch undergoes rigorous testing to ensure consistent efficacy and safety standards.
| Packing | 2-Octyldodecanol is packaged in a 25 kg blue HDPE drum with a secure screw cap, clearly labeled with safety information. |
| Shipping | 2-Octyldodecanol is typically shipped in sealed, corrosion-resistant containers such as drums or IBC totes to prevent contamination and moisture ingress. It should be stored and transported under cool, dry conditions, away from strong oxidizing agents. Proper labeling and handling procedures must be followed in compliance with applicable safety and transport regulations. |
| Storage | 2-Octyldodecanol should be stored in a tightly sealed container in a cool, dry, and well-ventilated area, away from heat sources, direct sunlight, and incompatible materials such as strong oxidizers. Protect from moisture and keep the container upright to prevent leaks. Proper labeling and adherence to local storage regulations are recommended for safety and effective inventory management. |
Applications of 2-Octyldodecanol in Industrial Manufacturing2-Octyldodecanol is a high-purity fatty alcohol widely integrated as a key performance additive in multiple industrial segments. Its branching, molecular weight, and purity characteristics make it suitable for use where low volatility, emolliency, or enhanced solvency are required in complex manufacturing environments. As a direct manufacturer, we support global production lines in the following industrial use cases.
Leading cosmetic and personal care brands incorporate this branched alcohol into skin creams, lotions, and sunscreens as an emollient and solubilizer. It delivers a non-greasy skin feel, extends shelf-life of bioactive-based products, and supports pigment or UV filter dispersion. The long-chain alcohol structure helps manage viscosity in high-performance cosmetic emulsions during high-speed batch mixing. Regulatory and market demands strictly limit allowable components, necessitating precision analytics at batch release. Industry compliance standards
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This branched alcohol acts as a flow and leveling additive in modern paint and surface coating systems. Formulators use it to control surface tension and enhance pigment wetting in water-borne and solvent-based systems. It increases gloss, improves dried film smoothness, and addresses surface defects developed during rapid drying on production lines. Chemical engineers use specification audits and in-line monitoring to ensure the compatibility with different resin chemistries. Industry compliance standards
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2-Octyldodecanol’s excellent lubricity and oxidative stability find use in the formulation of advanced lubricants and metalworking coolants. As a boundary lubrication modifier, it reduces friction and wear on high-speed machinery, protecting critical components during metal forming, cutting, or drawing operations. Manufacturers precisely blend the material to meet OEM specifications and industry certification, monitoring additive depletion and system compatibility. Industry compliance standards
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The raw material is used as a plasticizer or flexibilizer in high-end plastics and polymer processing. Its unique structure imparts flexibility and low-temperature performance to copolymer blends, particularly for polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyolefin compounds, and technical films. Producers integrate it into compounding lines to optimize balance of plasticization and resistance to exudation, supporting compliance with regional standards for consumer and industrial plastics. Industry compliance standards
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Global surfactant producers employ this C20 alcohol as an alcohol ethoxylate precursor for nonionic surfactant synthesis. It yields surfactants characterized by low CMC, high detergency, and excellent compatibility in hard water applications. The alcohol’s hydrophobe structure enhances emulsification of oils and particulate soils in institutional cleaning, textile auxiliaries, and agrochemical formulations. Automated reactors and continuous systems require consistent raw material specification to ensure batch reproducibility. Industry compliance standards
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This ingredient functions as a specialty excipient in topical pharmaceuticals and medicated creams, where it assists skin absorption of APIs, provides solubility to lipophilic active substances, and imparts a silky texture appreciated in dermatology preparations. Production batches allocate High Purity grades compliant with pharmacopoeial specifications, subject to rigorous microbiological and endotoxin screening for assurance in regulated healthcare supply chains. Manufacturers validate every supply lot’s conformity to current Good Manufacturing Practice and pharmaceutical compendia monographs. Industry compliance standards
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Every batch of 2-Octyldodecanol leaving our reactors tells a story about choices we make at the manufacturing line. Skilled operators watch thermal profiles shift, verify molecular weights, and confirm purity because brands downstream depend on clean, consistent performance. Our team doesn't chase cosmetic shortcuts; we cut no corners on hydrogenation or cleanup steps. 2-Octyldodecanol's chemical backbone—a branched, saturated fatty alcohol—delivers not just a number on a specification sheet, but a real-world outcome that formulators notice the moment it touches their test bench.
We do not gamble with raw material integrity. Every kilo we produce draws from rigorously screened synthetic chains, never harboring unwanted byproducts or uncertain residues. Taking C20H42O as its base, our 2-Octyldodecanol meets a minimum purity of 98%, with water content consistently under 0.2%. Viscosity ranges from 11–14 mPa·s at 20°C, and its faint, fatty odor signals cleanliness rather than staleness. Authentic stability and organoleptic neutrality distinguish this product from shorter or more linear fatty alcohols. Where some ingredients throw off a rancid note over time, ours remains calm and neutral from first drum to last drop.
Formulators understand the risk hidden in inferior emollients. A mistake in fatty alcohol selection can cause separation, poor afterfeel, or buildup that consumers detect with the first application. Our 2-Octyldodecanol offsets these risks. Thanks to high molecular branching, this ingredient thins and glides over the skin, giving emulsions a silken touch without greasiness or occlusion. Hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) lands in the sweet spot for many personal care blends—consistently around 2.5—making for reliable solubility with waxes and co-emulsifiers.
Markets don't just ask for stability—they demand safety. Allergic reactions, breakouts, or buildup can end customer trust overnight. Careful hydrogenation and purification reduce unsaturation to less than 0.2 mg KOH/g, limiting the oxidative instability that lesser grades bring. Our 2-Octyldodecanol acts as a barrier-free bridge to sensitive skin and delicate mucosa products. Regulatory diligence forms the backbone of safety claims: comprehensive traceability, allergen audits, and certificate management all belong to our protocol.
Brands formulating facial serums, sunscreens, deodorants, and conditioners expect one thing above all else: ingredient reliability. Our production runs offer drums and bulk IBC totes with uniformity born from batch control, not chance. 2-Octyldodecanol delivers slip and glide in stick products, facilitates pigment-wetting in color cosmetics, and tames surfactant blend harshness in foaming cleansers. Its cutaneous tolerance opens up applications in leave-on and rinse-off products alike, supporting everything from lip balms to light body oils.
Comparing against linear alcohols like cetyl or stearyl, ours leverages a branched architecture for lower melting points below 30°C, favoring pourable, crystal-clear fluids at room temperature. Emulsifiers achieve fine droplet size distribution more easily, while fragrances find stable solvation without premature release. Industrial coatings, textile lubricants, and specialized plasticizers see the same benefit: enhanced lubrication and a lack of sticky buildup, resisting yellowing caused by oxidation or UV.
Cosmetic innovators continually look for multifunctional emollients with mildness, sensory appeal, and process flexibility. We've watched formulators swap out legacy emollients, seeing real reductions in tackiness or whitening without sacrificing viscosity. In a liquid foundation trial, a switch to our 2-Octyldodecanol cut drying times by 25% while increasing spreadability and pigment coverage. High-load sunscreen emulsions held particulate dispersions more stably—no phase separation after thermal cycling at 40/4°C over two months.
It's not just high-end skin care that wins. Antiperspirant labs found fewer caking and streaking issues in stick bases when using branched alcohol, compared with common C16 or C18 types. The wider melting range enables faster processing, which means faster filling—an economic advantage for any brand running at scale.
Years of troubleshooting have taught us that subpar purity delivers downstream headaches, from off-odors to cloudy emulsions. We avoid recycled or complex waste streams and stay away from animal-sourced fats, so our product always passes the strictest vegan claims. Rancidity and color changes disappear as batch-to-batch reproducibility tightens. Third-party laboratory results confirm our own QC: less than 10 ppm impurities across critical categories, from unsaponifiable matter to heavy metals.
Clients trying generic grades often return to us after tough lessons with processing or regulatory tailbacks. With every delivery, we demonstrate that careful distillation and no heavy metal residues matter more than promises on a datasheet. Applications needing non-sensitizing and low-allergen profiles—intimate care, baby products, and medical gels—find reassurance in our documented allergen-free production lines. This integrity means less risk for recalls, less downtime in investigations, and less chance of formulating error-prone products that stall in R&D.
Production teams value raw materials that behave predictably. Ours pours easily into reactors at ambient warehouse temperatures, negating the need for costly pre-heating or scrapers needed for solid fatty alcohols. Its moderate polarity allows easy co-blending with all common esters, triglycerides, and waxes, so scaling up a bench formula never means tackling new handling quirks midway through a run. Inline filtration sees little clogging thanks to its clarity and low freezing point, and finished emulsions pour consistently at the filling line without batch-by-batch variability.
We’ve seen how this translates into simplified inventory: reduced tank heating load compared to higher melting alcohols, fewer product losses to crystallization, and less material sticking to mixing vessels. Cleaning times drop, batch turnaround improves, and waste drops for every process step a brand outsources to us. From small-scale indie brands to multinational lines, the savings add up over every campaign.
Several competing fatty alcohols show up in the same technical documentation, but their behavior under real production conditions isn't always interchangeable. Stearyl, cetyl, or myristyl alcohols solidify or recrystallize at room temperature, introducing headaches in chilled process environments or winter logistics. Linear forms introduce drag in skin-feel and break down emulsion integrity, especially at higher use-rates or long shelf lives.
Branched 2-Octyldodecanol keeps formulations fluid and light, resisting waxy aftertouch or weight. Feedstocks matter. Some suppliers offer biologically derived sources; our plant supports technical grades from both synthetic and bio-based origins, all with full chain-of-custody and renewable documentation. We support certifications for natural and organic brands, always providing documentation on trace elements, residual solvents, and allergen absence to stay ahead of evolving clean beauty regulations.
Quality control goes further than the lab. We chain custody every input, track every output, and monitor storage conditions relentlessly. At no point does product sit exposed to ambient contamination, and every drum can be traced back to its production run. Our QC teams run FTIR and GC analysis on every batch, flagging subthreshold contaminants that could provoke regulatory or brand crisis. This standard isn’t up for debate in our facilities.
We get calls from brands flagged by microcontaminants picked up on spot-check audits. Root-cause investigations usually trace the problem back to poorly regulated supply chains where uncertain additives, recycled containers, or marginal batch cuts end up in finished goods. Our vertical integration keeps control in-house, reducing that entire class of product recalls to zero across multi-year tracking.
Shipment and documentation compliance takes more than a one-size-fits-all approach. Our export department ensures that every container matches regional regulatory requirements, whether for personal care directives in the EU, FDA codes in the US, or JSFA rules in Japan. Certificates of analysis don’t just confirm numbers; they certify absence of restricted substances, support clean label claims, and speed up market clearance. Our legal and safety documentation moves as rapidly as our shipments—no delays, no ambiguous paperwork, no lost opportunities waiting for compliance officers to chase certification data from a broker.
Long-haul shippers appreciate barrels that show up on time, without leaks or transit losses. Cold-chain transport isn’t mandatory as it is for some higher-melting alcohols; this pushes landed costs down and improves warehouse simplicity. Our adoption of real-time transit tracking means fewer lost shipments, more accurate ETAs, and improved planning for even just-in-time product launches. In markets with especially tight logistics windows, our team supports split shipments and rapid turnarounds to keep lines running at maximum productivity.
We didn’t enter this sector just to ship tonnage; our mission circles back to trust and transparency in every brand partnership. With the rise of green chemistry standards, more clients want proof of fair labor across supply chains, carbon accounting, and evidence of environmental stewardship. Our raw materials trace to suppliers who meet not just price points but labor, ethical, and environmental safeguards. Lifecycle analyses map every kilo’s carbon cost, and we take pride in contracts with biogenic feedstock suppliers able to certify renewable sourcing.
Our process water recycles through closed-loop systems, eliminating discharge into local waterways. Triaged by-product streams feed into local industrial uses instead of landfill. These commitments build confidence with brands aiming for B Corp status, ISO 14001 certification, or similar third-party benchmarks. The real benefit: marketing claims that pass third-party audits every cycle, not just once per regulatory inspection.
Our technical support teams collaborate directly with brand R&D, matching 2-Octyldodecanol’s properties to ongoing formulation challenges. Texture changes with the season? Unexpected instability in new oil gellants? Let us walk you through rheology adjustment with back-to-back lab validation. We share real sample analytics—particle size, pH, droplet stability—targeted to your process, not generic use-cases. Lab-to-plant troubleshooting, scale-up support, and rapid reformulation all move faster with a partner who controls their own product, not a trading slip with limited technical knowledge.
Success stories happen in real time here: sunscreen lines breaking into new SPF ratings without chalk; lipstick bases staying bright and strong for months on end; salon brands keeping condition smooth after hundreds of uses in testing salons. Our chemists keep in sync with regulatory updates, ingredient blacklist changes, and new sensory trends, helping your launches land confidently, not just hopefully.
We refuse shortcuts that compromise traceability or purity. This means declining low-cost alternative feedstocks of uncertain origin and ending relationships where suppliers won’t meet our quality demands. Product lines with promises broken by third parties are quietly dropped. This isn’t an option; it’s a principle developed over decades standing inside, not outside, the chemical production sector.
Innovation never stands still. Each year, formulators request not just a better performer, but a safer, more accountable, and more environmentally responsible ingredient. Our R&D division stays ahead, refining 2-Octyldodecanol’s production for better energy inputs, expanded compatibility with organic actives, and reduced carbon output. Since the ingredient offers an ideal backbone for advanced sensorial payloads, new blends and macromolecules will continue to draw from its stability and skin affinity. We look forward to new partnerships grounded in real, long-term results.
We send out samples not just to showcase specifications but to invite investigation and feedback. Any prospective partner is encouraged to run a product trial, ask for full origin documentation, and audit our facilities. Production transparency, sample analytics, and technical conversations all happen here at our plant—not behind distributor closed doors, not through third-party call centers, but directly from the people engineering your supply chain’s next certainties.
This is our story as a chemical manufacturer: focused on purity, consistency, and partnership in the service of better finished formulations. Our 2-Octyldodecanol reflects the hard-earned discipline of the technicians who make it every day and the trust we keep with every product shipped.
