Heptane, 2,2,4,6,6-pentamethyl-

CAS 13475-82-6

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$917M

Top sourceCanada 95%

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 290110 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 290110, which covers 58 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).

CA 95%CanadaDE 2%GermanyBR 1%BrazilKR 1%South Korea

China
Spain
Italy
Japan
Israel
Malaysia
United Kingdom
Austria
Portugal
India
Poland
Netherlands
Turkey
Switzerland
Belgium
Greece
Sweden

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.

Trafigura Trading

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Cht Usa

Why It Matters

Sectors

Energy

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

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Solvent in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fuel agents in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$2.61/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$1306.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors12 available

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

11 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$2.99	500 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$5.70	100 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$6.07	100 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$6.40	100 g	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$11.40	10 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$11.73	5 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$29.00	1 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$80.00	1 g	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$19700.00	100 mg	99.3%
TargetMol Chemicals EU	Austria	$96600.00	5 mg	99.3%

Chemical Identity

CAS13475-82-6

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID0042034

FormulaC12H26

Mol. Weight170.34 g/mol

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

Data Sources

EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-29
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

Heptane, 2,2,4,6,6-pentamethyl- (CAS 13475-82-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/13475-82-6/ EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 13475-82-6. Retrieved 2026-04-29. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 13475-82-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 13475-82-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290110 for CAS 13475-82-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/