Butyl 4-oxopentanoate

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

Molecular structure of 2052-15-5
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$65M
Top SourceChina 20%

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 291830 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291830, which covers 18 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 20%ChinaIN 19%IndiaIT 19%ItalyCH 15%SwitzerlandJP 15%Japan
EPA-registered importers (1)
Nouryon Chemicals

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.08/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$41.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors8 available

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

7 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.091 kg98%
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.09500 g98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.341 kg98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.361 kg98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$1.40100 g95%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%

Chemical Identity

CAS2052-15-5
PubChem CID16331
DTXSIDDTXSID3038800
FormulaC9H16O3
Mol. Weight172.22 g/mol
SMILESCCCCOC(=O)CCC(=O)C

Data Sources

DTXSID30388002026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

163312026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/16331/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/16331.json

2052-15-52026-04-24

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

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

CAS 2052-15-52026-04-25

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

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