Benzocaine hydrochloride

Drug ingredient

CAS 23239-88-5

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

Molecular structure of 23239-88-5 — 1 HCl

US productionNot reported

Top sourceNo public record

This chemical is not on EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act inventory, the list behind EPA’s production survey.

Why supply is unknown

Where It Comes From

EPA and Census publish no US supply data for this chemical.

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Walmart Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Equate Vagicaine

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

$0.48/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$48.00 / 100 g

Purity95%

Vendors6 available

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

5 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.48	100 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.60	100 g	95%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$75.02	1 g	99.83%
Angene International Limited	United States	$324.00	500 mg	98%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS23239-88-5

PubChem CID10214462

DTXSIDDTXSID50177812

FormulaC9H12ClNO2

Mol. Weight201.65 g/mol

SMILESCCOC(=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)N.Cl

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 10214462Retrieved 2026-04-07
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-25
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07

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Brief citations

Benzocaine hydrochloride (CAS 23239-88-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/23239-88-5/ PubChem: 10214462. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/10214462 FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 23239-88-5. Retrieved 2026-04-25. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/