1,6-Hexanediamine

CAS 124-09-4

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

Molecular structure of 124-09-4
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$2M
Top sourceItaly 59%

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 292122 · narrow

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292122, which covers 5 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IT 59%ItalyCA 27%CanadaCN 7%ChinaGB 6%United KingdomBE 1%Belgium
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Ascend Performance Materials
Koch Industries

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.13/gAA BLOCKS
CountryUnited States
Pack$63.00 / 500 g
Purity99.5%
Vendors16 available

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

Chemical Identity

CAS124-09-4
PubChem CID16402
DTXSIDDTXSID5024922
FormulaC6H16N2
Mol. Weight116.2 g/mol
SMILESC(CCCN)CCN

Data Sources

Brief citations

1,6-Hexanediamine (CAS 124-09-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/124-09-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5024922. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5024922 PubChem: 16402. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/16402 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 124-09-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 124-09-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292122 for CAS 124-09-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/