Butyl ether

CAS 142-96-1

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$117M

Import volume41.0K lb

Top sourceIndia 29%

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 290919 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports 41.0K lb
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 290919, which covers 93 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).

IN 29%IndiaCN 25%ChinaJP 20%JapanBR 6%BrazilDE 4%Germany

South Korea
Singapore
Spain
United Arab Emirates
Netherlands
Belgium
Indonesia
Poland
Mexico
Taiwan
Slovakia

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.

Cabb Group Gmbh · DE Germany

Kansas Holdco 1

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.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Tribute Energy

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.

Aceto Us

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberCore 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 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Solvent in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
•Corrosion inhibitor in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (99%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.30/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$150.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors4 available

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

3 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.30	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.35	500 g	98%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS142-96-1

PubChem CID8909

DTXSIDDTXSID1022007

FormulaC8H18O

Mol. Weight130.23 g/mol

SMILESCCCCOCCCC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1022007Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 8909Retrieved 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

Butyl ether (CAS 142-96-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/142-96-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1022007. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1022007 PubChem: 8909. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/8909 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 142-96-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 142-96-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290919 for CAS 142-96-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/