2,6,8-Trimethyl-4-nonanol

CAS 123-17-1

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, 2024$103M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceGermany 46%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290519 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Zero
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 290519, which covers 122 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

DE 46%GermanyMX 17%MexicoIN 11%IndiaCN 7%ChinaJP 3%Japan

Indonesia
Brazil
Canada
Singapore
Armenia
Slovakia
Argentina
Ukraine
Ireland
Netherlands
Hong Kong

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Dow Chemical

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$18.20/gAK Scientific, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$91.00 / 5 g

Purity90%

Vendors9 available

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

8 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$19.60	5 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$20.40	5 g	95%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$23.60	5 g	96%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$23.80	5 g	95%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$24.20	5 g	96%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$26.00	5 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$35.00	5 g	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	96%

Chemical Identity

CAS123-17-1

PubChem CID61056

DTXSIDDTXSID8029159

FormulaC12H26O

Mol. Weight186.33 g/mol

SMILESCC(C)CC(C)CC(CC(C)C)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8029159Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 61056Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

2,6,8-Trimethyl-4-nonanol (CAS 123-17-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/123-17-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8029159. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8029159 PubChem: 61056. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/61056 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 123-17-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 123-17-1. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290519 for CAS 123-17-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/