Dioctyldocecet-2 lauroyl glutamate (inci)

Dioctyldodeceth-2 lauroyl glutamate is used in cosmetic formulations and acts as a surfactant.

Deceth(e)-" is a PEG ether of decyl alcohol (for comparison see: laurethe as a polyoxyethylene ether of lauryl alcohol; steareth as a polyoxyethylene ether of stearyl alcohol, etc.). Polyalkylene glycol ethers are non-ionic surfactants whose lipophilic part consists of fatty alcohols (e.g. here lauryl alcohol). In the designation of the fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers, the inserted numbering means the average number of -CH2-CH2-O- units per mole. Dioctyldodeceth-2 for example is the INCI designation for a polyoxyethylene ether with 2 -CH2-CH2-O- units. Glutamates are salts or esters of glutamic acid.