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Sodium octanoate

Drug ingredient

CAS 1984-06-1

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 1984-06-1
1 Na⁺
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$384M
Top sourceMalaysia 21%

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 291590 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291590, which covers 588 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
MY 21%MalaysiaDE 13%GermanyNL 13%NetherlandsMX 10%MexicoIT 8%Italy
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Ecolab
P&G
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)
American International Chemical
EPA-registered importers (1)
Agfa

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthConsumer ProductsPlastics & Rubber
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 4 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Laboratory chemicals in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
  • •Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$17.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors18 available

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

17 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.04500 g98%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.051 kg99%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.051 kg99%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.051 kg99%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.081 kg98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.091 kg95%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.111 kg99%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.111 kg99%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.231 kg95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.331 kg98%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.58250 g95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.841 kg99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.841 kg99%
Key Organics Ltd.United Kingdom$2.12100 g98%
Labotest KGGermany$453.001000 mg90%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%

Chemical Identity

CAS1984-06-1
PubChem CID23664772
DTXSIDDTXSID3027451
FormulaC8H15NaO2
Mol. Weight166.19 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].[Na+]

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Sodium octanoate (CAS 1984-06-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/1984-06-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3027451. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3027451 PubChem: 23664772. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23664772 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 1984-06-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 1984-06-1. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291590 for CAS 1984-06-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/