1,4-Diisopropylbenzene

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 100-18-5
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$68M
Top SourceIndia 35%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290290 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290290, which covers 63 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IN 35%IndiaTW 11%TaiwanES 10%SpainDE 10%GermanyCN 8%China
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Futurefuel
Shell Chemical

Why It Matters

Sectors
EnergyCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
  • Intermediate in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.14/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$141.00 / 1 kg
Purity98%
Vendors14 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

13 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.16500 g98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.281 kg
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.331 kg98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.33100 g98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.40100 g98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.40100 g98%
SynthonixUnited States$0.60100 g98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$1.25100 g97%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$1.25100 g97%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$3.26100 g95%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$7.151 g95%
TargetMol ChemicalsChina United States$50.001 g98.64%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%

Chemical Identity

CAS100-18-5
PubChem CID7486
DTXSIDDTXSID2026652
FormulaC12H18
Mol. Weight162.27 g/mol
SMILESCC(C)C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C)C

Data Sources

DTXSID20266522026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

74862026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7486/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7486.json

100-18-52026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 100-18-52026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv