Hydroxyacetonitrile

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

Molecular structure of 107-16-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$281M
Import VolumeZero
Top SourceChina 31%

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 292690 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 292690, which covers 42 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 31%ChinaIT 15%ItalyGB 14%United KingdomIN 11%IndiaJP 8%Japan
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
The Dow Chemical

Why It Matters

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

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

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

Vendor Pricing

$3.34/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)
CountryGermany
Pack$83.44 / 25 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$3.3425 g

Chemical Identity

CAS107-16-4
PubChem CID7857
DTXSIDDTXSID3025417
FormulaC2H3NO
Mol. Weight57.05 g/mol
SMILESC(C#N)O

Data Sources

DTXSID30254172026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

78572026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7857/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7857.json

107-16-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 107-16-42026-04-25

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

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