Tetradecyl acrylate

CAS 21643-42-5

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$196M

Top sourceSouth Korea 24%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291612 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291612, which covers 92 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).

KR 24%South KoreaTW 17%TaiwanZA 14%South AfricaIT 13%ItalyJP 12%Japan

United Kingdom
Hungary
Singapore
Saudi Arabia
Netherlands
Switzerland
Spain
Malaysia
Canada
Lithuania
India
Mexico
Denmark

EPA-registered importers (2)

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

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors

Paints & Coatings

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

•Intermediate in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.74/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$371.00 / 500 g

Purity95%

Vendors14 available

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

13 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.77	100 g	95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.79	500 g	97%
Chemscene	United States	$0.90	500 g	—
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.90	500 g	95%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.90	500 g	95%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.96	500 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$1.01	500 g	95%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$1.26	100 g	95%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$1.28	500 g	95%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$1.44	100 g	95%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$1.44	100 g	95%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$274.00	500 mg	97.97%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS21643-42-5

PubChem CID88984

DTXSIDDTXSID2066721

FormulaC17H32O2

Mol. Weight268.4 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCOC(=O)C=C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2066721Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 88984Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Tetradecyl acrylate (CAS 21643-42-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/21643-42-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2066721. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2066721 PubChem: 88984. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/88984 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 21643-42-5. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 21643-42-5. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291612 for CAS 21643-42-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/