Pentacarbonyl iron

Drug ingredient

CAS 13463-40-6

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

Molecular structure of 13463-40-6 — 1 Fe

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$537M

Top sourceChina 39%

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 293190 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 293190, which covers 378 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).

CN 39%ChinaDE 17%GermanyIT 9%ItalyIN 7%IndiaJP 7%Japan

Ireland
Netherlands
Switzerland
Monaco
Ukraine
Spain
Mexico
Poland
Indonesia
Armenia
Israel
Sweden
Australia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Brunei
Hong Kong
Brazil
Thailand
Argentina
Finland
Austria
Latvia

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

American Carbonyl

Ashland

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core ChemicalsHealth

Downstream Uses

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

•TriStart DHA

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

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS13463-40-6

PubChem CID26040

DTXSIDDTXSID3027746

FormulaC5FeO5

Mol. Weight195.9 g/mol

SMILESC=O.C=O.C=O.C=O.C=O.[Fe]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3027746Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 26040Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Pentacarbonyl iron (CAS 13463-40-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/13463-40-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3027746. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3027746 PubChem: 26040. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/26040 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 13463-40-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 13463-40-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293190 for CAS 13463-40-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/