Phenol, 2,4,6-tris(1-phenylethyl)-

CAS 18254-13-2

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$33M

Top sourceGermany 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 290719 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 290719, which covers 116 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).

DE 29%GermanyIN 26%IndiaCN 19%ChinaIT 9%ItalyCH 5%Switzerland

Mexico
Poland
South Korea
Canada
Russia
Ukraine
Hong Kong
Malaysia
United Kingdom

EPA-registered importers (4)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Indorama Netherlands Bv · NL Netherlands

Syensqo Sa · BE Belgium

Indorama Ventures Usa Holdings

Solvay

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core 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

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.19/gBLD Pharmatech GmbH

CountryGermany

Pack$188.00 / 1 kg

Purity99%

Vendors4 available

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

3 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.19	1 kg	99%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.24	500 g	99%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.24	500 g	99%

Chemical Identity

CAS18254-13-2

PubChem CID86688

DTXSIDDTXSID30864819

FormulaC30H30O

Mol. Weight406.6 g/mol

SMILESCC(C1=CC=CC=C1)C2=CC(=C(C(=C2)C(C)C3=CC=CC=C3)O)C(C)C4=CC=CC=C4

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID30864819Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 86688Retrieved 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

Phenol, 2,4,6-tris(1-phenylethyl)- (CAS 18254-13-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/18254-13-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID30864819. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID30864819 PubChem: 86688. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/86688 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 18254-13-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 18254-13-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290719 for CAS 18254-13-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/