2,5-Bis(tert-butylperoxy)-2,5-dimethyl-3-hexyne

CAS 1068-27-5

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$56M

Top sourceChina 47%

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 290960 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290960, which covers 29 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 47%ChinaDE 31%GermanyKR 11%South KoreaBE 8%BelgiumTR 1%Turkey

Malaysia
India
Mexico
Lithuania
Japan
Canada
Italy

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

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

United Initiators Gmbh · DE Germany

United Initiators

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.

Pergan Marshall

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberCore 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 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Catalyst in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.84/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$418.70 / 500 g

PurityNot recorded

Vendors2 available

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

1 more vendor

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.84	500 g	—

Chemical Identity

CAS1068-27-5

PubChem CID14037

DTXSIDDTXSID1044512

FormulaC16H30O4

Mol. Weight286.41 g/mol

SMILESCC(C)(C)OOC(C)(C)C#CC(C)(C)OOC(C)(C)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1044512Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 14037Retrieved 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

2,5-Bis(tert-butylperoxy)-2,5-dimethyl-3-hexyne (CAS 1068-27-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/1068-27-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1044512. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1044512 PubChem: 14037. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/14037 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 1068-27-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 1068-27-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290960 for CAS 1068-27-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/