Butylcyclohexane

CAS 1678-93-9

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$90M

Top sourceJapan 21%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290219 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 290219, which covers 108 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).

JP 21%JapanBR 12%BrazilTW 12%TaiwanKR 11%South KoreaDE 9%Germany

Russia
United Kingdom
Indonesia
South Africa
Ukraine
Madagascar
Hungary
Hong Kong
Czech Republic
Israel

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

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

Crh Americas

Why It Matters

Sectors

Construction

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

Vendor Pricing

$2.40/gCombi-Blocks, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$240.00 / 100 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
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$2.59	100 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$2.74	100 g	98%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$2.90	50 g	99%

Chemical Identity

CAS1678-93-9

PubChem CID15506

DTXSIDDTXSID0061876

FormulaC10H20

Mol. Weight140.27 g/mol

SMILESCCCCC1CCCCC1

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID0061876Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 15506Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Butylcyclohexane (CAS 1678-93-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/1678-93-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0061876. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0061876 PubChem: 15506. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/15506 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 1678-93-9. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 1678-93-9. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290219 for CAS 1678-93-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/