perfluorohexyloctane

Drug ingredient

CAS 133331-77-8

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$12M

Top sourceJapan 56%

This chemical is not on EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act inventory, the list behind EPA’s production survey.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290349 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290349, which covers 14 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).

JP 56%JapanCN 28%ChinaGB 11%United KingdomTW 3%TaiwanIT 1%Italy

Russia
Ireland
Austria

2 FDA-registered drug labelers

AGC, Inc.

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Miebo

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

Vendor Pricing

$1.41/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$141.00 / 100 g

Purity99%

Vendors15 available

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

14 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$1.50	100 g	99%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$3.51	100 g	97%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$4.21	25 g	97%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$4.29	25 g	97%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$4.58	100 g	97%
Manchester Organics	United Kingdom	$9.02	25 g	97%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$11.92	25 g	97%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$12.00	100 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$21.12	25 g	97%
Apollo Scientific US	United Kingdom	$22.20	25 g	97%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$39.20	5 g	99.05%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$140.00	1 g	95%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$386.75	1 g	95%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	99%

Chemical Identity

CAS133331-77-8

PubChem CID10477896

DTXSIDDTXSID20440585

FormulaC14H17F13

Mol. Weight432.26 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCC(C(C(C(C(C(F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F)(F)F

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 10477896Retrieved 2026-04-07
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-25
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

perfluorohexyloctane (CAS 133331-77-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/133331-77-8/ PubChem: 10477896. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/10477896 FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 133331-77-8. Retrieved 2026-04-25. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 290349 for CAS 133331-77-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/