2-Cyclohexylidene-2-phenylacetonitrile

CAS 10461-98-0

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

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$281M

Top sourceChina 31%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292690 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292690, which covers 191 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CN 31%ChinaIT 15%ItalyGB 14%United KingdomIN 11%IndiaJP 8%Japan

South Korea
Spain
Ireland
Ukraine
Malaysia
Brazil
Hong Kong
Latvia
Australia

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Reckitt Benckiser

EPA-registered importers (3)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Reckitt Benckiser Group · GB United Kingdom

Givaudan Fragrances

Henkel Us Operations

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer ProductsCore Chemicals

Downstream UsesNot recorded

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Fragrance in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fragrance in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.39/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$39.00 / 100 g

Purity95%

Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.44	100 g	95%
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)	United States	$0.55	100 g	95%
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$0.61	100 g	95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$39.20	25 g	95%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$2900.00	100 mg	90%
Vitas M Chemical Limited	Hong Kong	$3170.00	100 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	95%
ChemDiv, Inc.	United States	$7666.67	15 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC	United States	$30000.00	15 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS10461-98-0

PubChem CID66327

DTXSIDDTXSID5051527

FormulaC14H15N

Mol. Weight197.27 g/mol

SMILESC1CCC(=C(C#N)C2=CC=CC=C2)CC1

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5051527Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 66327Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

2-Cyclohexylidene-2-phenylacetonitrile (CAS 10461-98-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/10461-98-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5051527. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5051527 PubChem: 66327. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/66327 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 10461-98-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 10461-98-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292690 for CAS 10461-98-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/