Nickel bis(dibutyldithiocarbamate)

CAS 13927-77-0

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

Molecular structure of 13927-77-0 — 1 Ni²⁺

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$25M

Top sourceChina 40%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293020 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Not published · Imports Not published
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 293020, which covers 37 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 40%ChinaHU 16%HungaryJP 15%JapanIN 15%IndiaIT 6%Italy

Canada
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Israel

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.

R.T. Vanderbilt Holding

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.

Americas International

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

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

•Intermediate in Rubber Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.10/gApollo Scientific US

CountryUnited Kingdom

Pack$48.00 / 500 g

Purity95%

Vendors4 available

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

3 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.32	500 g	95%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.43	500 g	98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$40.00	1 g	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS13927-77-0

PubChem CID6101499

DTXSIDDTXSID2020927

FormulaC18H36N2NiS4

Mol. Weight467.5 g/mol

SMILESCCCCN(CCCC)C(=S)[S-].CCCCN(CCCC)C(=S)[S-].[Ni+2]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2020927Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6101499Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · 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

Nickel bis(dibutyldithiocarbamate) (CAS 13927-77-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/13927-77-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2020927. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2020927 PubChem: 6101499. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6101499 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 13927-77-0. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 13927-77-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293020 for CAS 13927-77-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/