Disulfide, dioctadecyl

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

Molecular structure of 2500-88-1
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$760M
Top SourceChina 33%

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 293090 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 293090, which covers 111 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 33%ChinaES 14%SpainCH 9%SwitzerlandIT 7%ItalyIN 7%India
EPA-registered importers (2)
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Clariant

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & Rubber
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • Antioxidant in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • Antioxidant in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$20.59/gALFA AESAR
CountryGermany
Pack$514.80 / 25 g
Purity98%
Vendors9 available

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

8 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$47.8025 g95%
Aaron Chemicals LLCHong Kong$48.005 g98%
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$51.605 g98%
Labotest KGGermany$453.001000 mg90%
A2B Chem LLC (1 week)United States$3760.00100 mg
AA BLOCKS (1 week)United States$3970.00100 mg
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$5220.80100 mg
Sigma-AldrichGermany$5220.80100 mg

Chemical Identity

CAS2500-88-1
PubChem CID75627
DTXSIDDTXSID5062475
FormulaC36H74S2
Mol. Weight571.1 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCSSCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

Data Sources

DTXSID50624752026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

756272026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/75627/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/75627.json

2500-88-12026-04-24

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

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

CAS 2500-88-12026-04-25

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

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