Distilled Coconut Fatty Acid K8-18 - Vegetable-Origin C8-C18 Fatty Acids

Distilled Coconut Fatty Acid K8-18 is a vegetable-derived mixture of medium- and long-chain fatty acids designed for diverse personal-care, home-care and industrial applications. The broad C8-C18 carbon distribution provides a flexible oleochemical feedstock for soaps, surfactants, esters and chemical derivatives.

The commercial material is a fatty-acid mixture rather than a single pure compound. ECHA identifies CAS 67701-05-7 as fatty acids spanning C8-C18 together with C18-unsaturated components, while CAS 61788-47-4 identifies fatty acids obtained specifically from coconut oil.

Coconut Acid is recognized in cosmetics for cleansing, emollient and surfactant-emulsifying functions. This makes coconut-derived fatty acids valuable for soaps, cleansers, shampoos and numerous personal-care systems, while downstream derivatives are extensively used in detergents and household cleaning.

Beyond personal care, distilled coconut fatty acids serve as feedstocks for esters, fatty alcohols, fatty amines, lubricants, metallic soaps, coatings, adhesives and specialty industrial chemicals. Their broad downstream chemistry makes DCFA an important renewable raw material for oleochemical manufacturing.