Azeco Cosmeceuticals

1.2.4 General Properties General properties of Azelaic acid are given below.

Description White to off-white crystalline powder.

Solubility Soluble in glycols, glycerin and alcohols.

Potential isomerism There is no potential for either optical and/or geometrical isomerism since Azelaic acid contains neither chiral centers nor olefinic bonds respectively. 1.2.5 Origin AZCO 99 is a unique product obtained from renewable feedstocks having European origin and respecting local biodiversity (100% from European vegetable oils).

It is manufactured in plants using a world-first proprietary technology. In particular, through an oxidative scission reaction, with a low environmental impact, the vegetable oils are processed into azelaic acid, pelargonic acid and glycerin.

Product Name

Starting Feedstock

Country origin of the used feedstock

Country origin of the product

% of renewable Carbon in the product

AZCO 99

High Oleic Vegetable Oil

Europe (EU)

Europe (EU)

100 (from Vegetable source)

1.2.6 Manufacture

Flow scheme of the production process

Route of Synthesis – Azelaic acid Azelaic acid is obtained by oxidative cleavage of the double bond of oleic acid, according the following reaction:

R=H, azelaic acid

pelargonic acid

R = H, alkyl group

The production of Azelaic acid is based on a proprietary process using food grade high oleic vegetable oil as feedstock and consis- ting in the following steps:

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