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

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

Molecular structure of 1068-27-5
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$56M
Top SourceChina 47%

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 290960 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290960, which covers 19 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 47%ChinaDE 31%GermanyKR 11%South KoreaBE 8%BelgiumTR 1%Turkey
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
United Initiators Gmbh · DE Germany
United Initiators
EPA-registered importers (1)
Nouryon Chemicals

Why It Matters

Sectors
ConstructionPlastics & RubberCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 5 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (60%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Hardener in Plastics Product Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Hardener in Rubber Product Manufacturing (30%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Hardener in Construction (1%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Catalyst in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.84/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)
CountryGermany
Pack$418.70 / 500 g
PurityNo data available
Vendors2 available

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

1 more vendor
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.84500 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

DTXSID10445122026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

140372026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/14037/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/14037.json

1068-27-52026-04-24

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

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

CAS 1068-27-52026-04-25

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

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

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