Isobutene

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

Molecular structure of 115-11-7
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$286K
Top SourceSouth Korea 61%

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 290123 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 290123, which covers 5 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
KR 61%South KoreaCN 39%China
EPA-registered manufacturers (9)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Shell · GB United Kingdom
Basf
Enterprise Products Operating
ExxonMobil
Show all 9
Lyondell Chemical
Shell Chemical
Si Group
Tpc Group
EPA-registered importers (1)
ExxonMobil

Why It Matters

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

Industrial Uses

Used in 4 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
  • Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petrochemical Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.46/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)
CountryGermany
Pack$1653.88 / 3.6 kg
Purity99.5%
Vendors3 available

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

2 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.463.6 kg99.5%
Labotest KGGermany$453.001000 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS115-11-7
PubChem CID8255
DTXSIDDTXSID9020748
FormulaC4H8
Mol. Weight56.11 g/mol
SMILESCC(=C)C

Data Sources

DTXSID90207482026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

82552026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8255/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8255.json

115-11-72026-04-24

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

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

CAS 115-11-72026-04-25

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

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