Pentanoic acid

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

Molecular structure of 109-52-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$63M
Top SourceChina 22%

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 291560 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291560, which covers 31 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 22%ChinaDE 19%GermanySE 14%SwedenJP 13%JapanIN 9%India
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Emery Oleochemicals (M) Sdn Bhd · MY Malaysia
Emery Oleochemicals
The Dow Chemical
EPA-registered importers (3)
Perstorp Ab · SE Sweden
Oq Chemicals
Perstorp Polyols

Why It Matters

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

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • •Lubricants and lubricant additives in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Solvent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (90%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)
CountryGermany
Pack$682.66 / 25 kg
Purity99%
Vendors16 available

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

15 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.0325 kg99%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.14500 g95%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.17500 g98%
Apollo Scientific UKUnited Kingdom$0.55100 g99%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.9625 g98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$1.0025 g98%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$1.1425 g97%
Chengdu Biopurify Phytochemicals Ltd.China$106.001 g98%
HTS Biochemie InnovationenGermany$120.0010 g95%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
ChemFacesChina$1500.0020 mg98%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$2280.0050 mg95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)Ukraine$2724.0050 mg95%
AsinexNetherlands$6461.40100 mg90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS109-52-4
PubChem CID7991
DTXSIDDTXSID7021655
FormulaC5H10O2
Mol. Weight102.13 g/mol
SMILESCCCCC(=O)O

Data Sources

DTXSID70216552026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

79912026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7991/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7991.json

109-52-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 109-52-42026-04-25

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

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

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