1,2-Octanediol

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 1117-86-8
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$82M
Top SourceGermany 18%

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 290539 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290539, which covers 28 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket'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)
Ivanhoe Industries

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthMetals & Mining
Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Anubismed
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Preservative in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in Miscellaneous ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
  • •Preservative in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable

Vendor Pricing

$0.05/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$23.00 / 500 g
Purity96%
Vendors19 available

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

18 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.05500 g96%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.071 kg96%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.071 kg96%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.071 kg—
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.081 kg96%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.091 kg96%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.111 kg96%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.111 kg96%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.17100 g96%
Apollo Scientific UKUnited Kingdom$0.192.5 kg—
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg95%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.49100 g95%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.61100 g98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$2.2650 g98%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$2.2650 g98%
AstaTech, IncUnited States$3.0825 g95%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$7.5625 g99%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg96%

Chemical Identity

CAS1117-86-8
PubChem CID14231
DTXSIDDTXSID9036646
FormulaC8H18O2
Mol. Weight146.23 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCC(CO)O

Data Sources

DTXSID90366462026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

142312026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/14231/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/14231.json

1117-86-82026-04-24

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

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

CAS 1117-86-82026-04-25

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

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

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