Potassium (E,E)-hexa-2,4-dienoate

Drug ingredient

CAS 24634-61-5

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 24634-61-5 — 1 K⁺

US productionCBI

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

Top sourceNo public record

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.

Where It Comes From

EPA reports by year

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

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

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

Hawkins

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (5)

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

Brenntag

Harcros Chemicals

Hydrite Chemical

International Flavors And Fragrances

Wintersun International

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Brenntag · DE Germany

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthAgricultureFoodConsumer Products

Downstream Uses

Appears in 5 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Chemstat
•Chemtox
•Hepatatox
•Lipotox
•Homeoplex D

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

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Preservative in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.05/gAA BLOCKS (2 weeks)

CountryUnited States

Pack$113.00 / 2.5 kg

Purity98%

Vendors2 available

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

1 more vendor

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.09	500 g	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS24634-61-5

PubChem CID23676745

DTXSIDDTXSID7027835

FormulaC6H7KO2

Mol. Weight150.22 g/mol

SMILESCC=CC=CC(=O)[O-].[K+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID7027835Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 23676745Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Potassium (E,E)-hexa-2,4-dienoate (CAS 24634-61-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/24634-61-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID7027835. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID7027835 PubChem: 23676745. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23676745 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 24634-61-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 24634-61-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting