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1,3-Butanediol

Drug ingredient

CAS 107-88-0

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 107-88-0
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$82M
Top sourceGermany 18%

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 290539 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 290539, which covers 48 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 18%GermanyKR 16%South KoreaBR 11%BrazilTW 8%TaiwanMX 7%Mexico
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Oq Chemicals

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthPlastics & Rubber
Downstream Uses

Appears in 8 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •AnubisMed
  • •Buddate Reges Intensive Treatment
  • •Anubis Barcelona
  • •Buddate Inonotus Obliquus Water Brilliance MASK
  • •Anubis Barcelona Protective Line
  • •Bynisep 5% Minoxidil HAIR Growth Serum
  • •Qidila Whitening Skin Lightening Cream
  • •CheBoho TEA TREE ACNE
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 4 functional roles.

  • •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Monomers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Solvent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$10.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors19 available

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

18 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.02500 g99%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.031 kg99%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.031 kg99%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.031 kg99%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.031 kg99%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.04500 g98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.04500 g99%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.051 kg—
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.061 kg98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.12500 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.17500 g99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg95%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.33500 g99%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$2.5225 g99.93%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$3.0825 g95%
InterbioscreenHong Kong$41.0010 g95%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg99%

Chemical Identity

CAS107-88-0
PubChem CID7896
DTXSIDDTXSID8026773
FormulaC4H10O2
Mol. Weight90.12 g/mol
SMILESCC(CCO)O

Data Sources

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Brief citations

1,3-Butanediol (CAS 107-88-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/107-88-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8026773. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8026773 PubChem: 7896. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7896 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 107-88-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 107-88-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290539 for CAS 107-88-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/