Sodium octanoate

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 1984-06-1
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$384M
Top SourceMalaysia 21%

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 291590 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291590, which covers 180 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket'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
The Procter & Gamble
EPA-registered importers (3)
Agfa
Emd Holding
Lbb Specialties Holdings

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthConsumer ProductsPlastics & Rubber
Downstream UsesNo data available
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

DTXSID30274512026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

236647722026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23664772/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23664772.json

1984-06-12026-04-24

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

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

CAS 1984-06-12026-04-25

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

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

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