Benzalkonium chloride C16 (BAC C16)

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 122-18-9
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$108M
Top SourceChina 14%

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 292390 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 292390, which covers 60 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 14%ChinaGB 13%United KingdomDE 11%GermanyIN 10%IndiaTW 10%Taiwan

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthEnergy
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • Corrosion inhibitor in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • Corrosion inhibitor in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activitiesUse—non-incorporative activities

Vendor Pricing

$0.15/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$75.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors16 available

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

15 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.17500 g98%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.22500 g98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.251 kg95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.27100 g99%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.281 kg99%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.341 kg97%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$1.43100 g99%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$2.7850 g95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$3.50100 g
Sigma-AldrichGermany$3.50100 g
MedChemExpress MCESweden$11.2510 g99.42%
MedKoo Biosciences, IncUnited States$18.0025 g98%
TargetMol ChemicalsChina United States$29.001 g99.25%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%

Chemical Identity

CAS122-18-9
PubChem CID31202
DTXSIDDTXSID3041665
FormulaC25H46ClN
Mol. Weight396.1 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[N+](C)(C)CC1=CC=CC=C1.[Cl-]

Data Sources

DTXSID30416652026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

312022026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/31202/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/31202.json

122-18-92026-04-24

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

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

CAS 122-18-92026-04-25

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

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