Ethanol, 2-[2-(benzoyloxy)ethoxy]-

CAS 20587-61-5

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$89M

Top sourceEstonia 32%

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 291631 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291631, which covers 55 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).

EE 32%EstoniaCN 30%ChinaNL 21%NetherlandsIT 5%ItalyIN 4%India

Germany
Malaysia
Switzerland
South Korea
Indonesia
Japan
Israel
Taiwan

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Eastman Chemical

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

Industrial Uses

•Plasticizer in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$455.40/gAldlab

CountryUnited States

Pack$1138.50 / 2.5 g

Purity95%

Vendors7 available

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

6 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$984.00	250 mg	95%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$996.00	250 mg	95%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$1500.00	250 mg	95%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$2240.00	100 mg	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$2470.00	100 mg	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$3760.00	100 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS20587-61-5

PubChem CID88603

DTXSIDDTXSID6041921

FormulaC11H14O4

Mol. Weight210.23 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)OCCOCCO

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6041921Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 88603Retrieved 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

Ethanol, 2-[2-(benzoyloxy)ethoxy]- (CAS 20587-61-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/20587-61-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6041921. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6041921 PubChem: 88603. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/88603 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 20587-61-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 20587-61-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291631 for CAS 20587-61-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/