Basic Violet 4

CAS 2390-59-2

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

Molecular structure of 2390-59-2 — 1 Cl⁻

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$24M

Top sourceIndia 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 320413 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 320413, which covers 64 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).

IN 35%IndiaMX 27%MexicoDE 16%GermanyTW 3%TaiwanCN 3%China

Pakistan
South Korea
Turkey
Sweden
Slovakia
Netherlands
Yemen
Liechtenstein

Why It Matters

Sectors

Paper & Printing

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

•Dye in Paper Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article

Vendor Pricing

$0.25/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$25.00 / 100 g

PurityNot recorded

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	$0.27	500 g	—
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.57	1 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.60	1 kg	—
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$1.55	100 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$5.22	25 g	—
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$5.22	25 g	—
Fulfilled by Molport	Latvia	$10.00	500 mg	—
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$37.51	1 g	97%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$68.00	1 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$140.00	1 g	98%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	—
TimTec, LLC	United States	$9333.33	30 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS2390-59-2

PubChem CID16955

DTXSIDDTXSID5038913

FormulaC31H42ClN3

Mol. Weight492.1 g/mol

SMILESCCN(CC)C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=C2C=CC(=[N+](CC)CC)C=C2)C3=CC=C(C=C3)N(CC)CC.[Cl-]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5038913Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 16955Retrieved 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

Basic Violet 4 (CAS 2390-59-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/2390-59-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5038913. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5038913 PubChem: 16955. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/16955 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 2390-59-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 2390-59-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 320413 for CAS 2390-59-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/