4-Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid

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

Molecular structure of 121-65-3
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$40M
Top SourceGermany 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 290410 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290410, which covers 39 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 22%GermanyIT 20%ItalyCN 14%ChinaBE 11%BelgiumIN 11%India

Why It Matters

Sectors
Consumer Products
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • •Surface active agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.20/gManchester Organics
CountryUnited Kingdom
Pack$49.36 / 250 g
Purity95%
Vendors12 available

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

11 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Apollo Scientific UKUnited Kingdom$0.48100 g95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.48500 g95%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.52500 g—
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.55500 g—
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.69100 g70%
Aaron Chemicals LLCHong Kong$0.81100 g95%
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.88100 g95%
SynthonixUnited States$2.8025 g95%
AstaTech, IncUnited States$3.0825 g95%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$3.2825 g95%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg95%

Chemical Identity

CAS121-65-3
PubChem CID8485
DTXSIDDTXSID8050443
FormulaC18H30O3S
Mol. Weight326.5 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCC1=CC=C(C=C1)S(=O)(=O)O

Data Sources

DTXSID80504432026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

84852026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8485/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8485.json

121-65-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 121-65-32026-04-25

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

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

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