4-Oxopentanoic acid
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
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 291830 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291830, which covers 18 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Netherlands
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- New Zealand
- Taiwan
- Malaysia
- Belgium
- Madagascar
- South Korea
- Israel
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Laboratory chemicals in OtherUse—non-incorporative activities
Vendor Pricing
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.02 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.03 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.04 | 25 kg | 97% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.04 | 25 kg | 97% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.04 | 500 g | 97% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.05 | 1 kg | — |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.07 | 500 g | 97% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 97% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.12 | 5 kg | 98% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.13 | 1 kg | 99.95% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.34 | 25 g | 97% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.43 | 100 g | 98% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $0.49 | 100 g | 95% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $3.08 | 25 g | 99% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $24.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| Molnova | China | $66.00 | 500 mg | 99% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 98% |
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/11579/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/11579.json
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv