Lithium dodecyl sulphate

CAS 2044-56-6

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

Molecular structure of 2044-56-6 — 1 Li⁺

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$208M

Top sourceChina 28%

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 292090 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Not published · Imports Not published

These shares come from HS customs code 292090, which covers 98 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).

CN 28%ChinaKR 17%South KoreaIT 13%ItalyIN 10%IndiaDE 9%Germany

Poland
Switzerland
Ireland
Canada
Lithuania
Netherlands
Brazil
Malaysia
Hungary
Czech Republic
Saudi Arabia
Slovakia
Ukraine
Turkey

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Avantor

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.11/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$57.00 / 500 g

Purity99%

Vendors13 available

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

12 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.13	500 g	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.42	1 kg	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.43	500 g	98%
Apollo Scientific US	United Kingdom	$0.55	1 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.56	500 g	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.92	25 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$3.44	25 g	95%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$4.52	25 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$7.96	50 g	98.5%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$7.96	50 g	98.5%
Angene International Limited	United States	$8.36	25 g	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	99%

Chemical Identity

CAS2044-56-6

PubChem CID2735071

DTXSIDDTXSID6062125

FormulaC12H25LiO4S

Mol. Weight272.4 g/mol

SMILES[Li+].CCCCCCCCCCCCOS(=O)(=O)[O-]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6062125Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 2735071Retrieved 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

Lithium dodecyl sulphate (CAS 2044-56-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/2044-56-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6062125. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6062125 PubChem: 2735071. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/2735071 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 2044-56-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 2044-56-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292090 for CAS 2044-56-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/