Pentaerythritol
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
US ProductionCBI
Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.
Import Value$51M
Top SourceGermany 29%
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 290542 · exact
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
DE 29%GermanySE 22%SwedenTR 17%TurkeyTW 11%TaiwanES 7%Spain
- Belgium
- Japan
- Italy
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Perstorp Ab · SE Sweden
Perstorp Polyols
EPA-registered importers (10)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Basf Se · DE Germany
Allnex Usa
Basf
Dsm Holding
Hilti
Show all 10
Ivanhoe Industries
Kraton
Soyventis North America
Tr International Trading
Vitusa Products
Why It Matters
Sectors
DefenseEnergyConstructionPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Industrial Uses
Used in 11 sectors as 9 functional roles.
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Adhesive ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Rubber Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Photosensitive chemicals in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesives and sealant chemicals in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Flow promoter in ConstructionUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
- •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Explosives Manufacturing (3%)Processing as a reactant
- •Fire extinguishing agent in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Abrasives in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
$0.04/gALFA AESAR
CountryGermany
Pack$183.60 / 5 kg
Purity98%
Vendors11 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
10 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.05 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.05 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.10 | 500 g | 98% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.13 | 500 g | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks) | United States | $5930.00 | 100 mg | — |
| AA BLOCKS (2 weeks) | United States | $6200.00 | 100 mg | — |
Chemical Identity
CAS115-77-5
PubChem CID8285
DTXSIDDTXSID2026943
FormulaC5H12O4
Mol. Weight136.15 g/mol
SMILESC(C(CO)(CO)CO)O
Data Sources
DTXSID20269432026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
82852026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8285/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8285.json
115-77-52026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 115-77-52026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv