Pentyl 2-hydroxybenzoate

CAS 2050-08-0

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$51M

Top sourceChina 35%

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 291823 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291823, which covers 26 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 35%ChinaIN 28%IndiaMX 13%MexicoIT 8%ItalyDE 7%Germany

Switzerland
Belgium
Malaysia
Czech Republic
Canada

EPA-registered importers (5)

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

Symrise Ag · DE Germany

Colgate-Palmolive

Givaudan Fragrances

Henkel Us Operations

Symrise

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer ProductsCore 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

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Fragrance in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fragrance in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$1.87/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$934.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$2.00	500 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$2.22	100 g	—
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$48.00	1 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$60.00	1 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$540.16	250 mg	—
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$540.16	250 mg	—
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$638.00	1 g	95%
MedKoo Biosciences, Inc	United States	$1560.00	250 mg	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS2050-08-0

PubChem CID16299

DTXSIDDTXSID9029227

FormulaC12H16O3

Mol. Weight208.25 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCOC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9029227Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 16299Retrieved 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

Pentyl 2-hydroxybenzoate (CAS 2050-08-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/2050-08-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9029227. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9029227 PubChem: 16299. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/16299 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 2050-08-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 2050-08-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291823 for CAS 2050-08-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/