Hexadecanoic acid, 1-methylethyl ester

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 142-91-6
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$114M
Top SourceIndonesia 27%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291570 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291570, which covers 50 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
ID 27%IndonesiaMY 25%MalaysiaSG 12%SingaporeIN 10%IndiaIT 6%Italy
EPA-registered importers (6)
Ioi Acidchem Sdn Bhd · MY Malaysia
Oleon Nv · BE Belgium
Acidchem (Usa)
Acme-Hardesty Co A Division Of Jacob Stern & Sons
Norman, Fox &
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Oleon Americas

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthConsumer ProductsMetals & Mining
Downstream Uses

Appears in 5 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Chemstat
  • •Chemtox
  • •Hepatatox
  • •Lipotox
  • •Homeoplex D
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • •Thickening agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gAA BLOCKS
CountryUnited States
Pack$12.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors13 available

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

12 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.041 kg97%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.041 kg97%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.041 kg97%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.041 kg97%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.04500 g98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.051 kg—
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.07500 g98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.089 kg90%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.089 kg90%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.111 kg99.23%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.40100 g98%
MedKoo Biosciences, IncUnited States$10.0025 g98%

Chemical Identity

CAS142-91-6
PubChem CID8907
DTXSIDDTXSID9027104
FormulaC19H38O2
Mol. Weight298.5 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC(C)C

Data Sources

DTXSID90271042026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

89072026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8907/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8907.json

142-91-62026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 142-91-62026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv

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