Sodium 2-mercaptobenzothiolate

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

Molecular structure of 2492-26-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$104M
Top SourceChina 56%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293420 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 293420, which covers 13 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 56%ChinaBE 33%BelgiumIN 4%IndiaIT 3%ItalyES 2%Spain
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Dober Chemical
EPA-registered importers (2)
Lanxess
Solvay

Why It Matters

Sectors
Metals & MiningCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • Corrosion inhibitors and anti-scaling agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Solids separation agents in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$14.00 / 500 g
Purity50%
Vendors8 available

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

7 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.03500 g50%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.15500 g50%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.30500 g50%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.34500 g95%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.55500 g98%
MedKoo Biosciences, IncUnited States$1.02500 g98%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg50%

Chemical Identity

CAS2492-26-4
PubChem CID3714831
DTXSIDDTXSID1026035
FormulaC7H4NNaS2
Mol. Weight189.2 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C2C(=C1)N=C(S2)[S-].[Na+]

Data Sources

DTXSID10260352026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

37148312026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/3714831/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/3714831.json

2492-26-42026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 2492-26-42026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv