Butyl ether

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

Molecular structure of 142-96-1
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$117M
Top SourceIndia 29%

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 290919 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290919, which covers 38 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IN 29%IndiaCN 25%ChinaJP 20%JapanBR 6%BrazilDE 4%Germany
EPA-registered importers (1)
Aceto Us

Why It Matters

Sectors
Metals & MiningCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)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
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.30500 g98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.35500 g98%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS142-96-1
PubChem CID8909
DTXSIDDTXSID1022007
FormulaC8H18O
Mol. Weight130.23 g/mol
SMILESCCCCOCCCC

Data Sources

DTXSID10220072026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

89092026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/8909/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/8909.json

142-96-12026-04-24

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

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

CAS 142-96-12026-04-25

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

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