Hexanoic acid

CAS 142-62-1

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$384M

Top sourceMalaysia 21%

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 291590 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291590, which covers 588 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).

MY 21%MalaysiaDE 13%GermanyNL 13%NetherlandsMX 10%MexicoIT 8%Italy

Singapore
Austria
United Kingdom
Philippines
Canada
Hungary
Turkey
Ukraine
Israel
Denmark
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Norway
Poland
Hong Kong
South Africa
Russia

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

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

P&G

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Emery Oleochemicals

Rierden Chemical & Trading

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

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.

•Chain transfer agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Lubricating agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$582.53 / 25 kg

Purity98%

Vendors14 available

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

13 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.02	25 kg	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.05	500 g	99%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.06	500 g	99%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.10	500 g	95%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.14	500 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.40	100 g	97%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.50	100 g	98%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$0.59	100 g	95%
Apollo Scientific UK	United Kingdom	$0.66	100 g	99%
HTS Biochemie Innovationen	Germany	$120.00	10 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Key Organics Ltd.	United Kingdom	$740.00	100 mg	95%
ChemFaces	China	$1500.00	20 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS142-62-1

PubChem CID8892

DTXSIDDTXSID7021607

FormulaC6H12O2

Mol. Weight116.16 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCC(=O)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7021607Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 8892Retrieved 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

Hexanoic acid (CAS 142-62-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/142-62-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7021607. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7021607 PubChem: 8892. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/8892 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 142-62-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 142-62-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291590 for CAS 142-62-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/