1,4-Bis(2-hydroxyethoxy)-2-butyne

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

Molecular structure of 1606-85-5
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$132M
Top SourceIndia 18%

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 290949 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290949, which covers 44 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IN 18%IndiaJP 14%JapanDE 13%GermanyKR 11%South KoreaTW 11%Taiwan
EPA-registered importers (3)
Basf Se · DE Germany
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Why It Matters

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

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Brightener in Primary Metal ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Plating agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (80%)Processing as a reactant
  • Plating agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$13.00 / 500 g
Purity70%
Vendors14 available

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

13 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.03500 g70%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.041 kg70%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.041 kg70%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.05500 g70%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.06500 g
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.111 kg70%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.111 kg70%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.11500 g60%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.24500 g60%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg95%
AstaTech, IncUnited States$4.0425 g95%
Labotest KGGermany$453.001000 mg90%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg70%

Chemical Identity

CAS1606-85-5
PubChem CID62411
DTXSIDDTXSID7041918
FormulaC8H14O4
Mol. Weight174.19 g/mol
SMILESC(COCC#CCOCCO)O

Data Sources

DTXSID70419182026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

624112026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/62411/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/62411.json

1606-85-52026-04-24

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

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

CAS 1606-85-52026-04-25

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

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