Butane, 1,1'-[methylenebis(oxy)]bis-

CAS 2568-90-3

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

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$10M

Top sourceSwitzerland 25%

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 291100 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291100, which covers 99 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).

CH 25%SwitzerlandES 16%SpainIN 13%IndiaCN 13%ChinaDE 9%Germany

Netherlands
Ukraine
Italy
United Kingdom

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

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

Futurefuel

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer ProductsCore Chemicals

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

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (95%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.96/gCombi-Blocks, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$480.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors6 available

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

5 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$1.02	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$1.08	500 g	98%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$2.10	100 g	98%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$2.26	100 g	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS2568-90-3

PubChem CID17379

DTXSIDDTXSID3062528

FormulaC9H20O2

Mol. Weight160.25 g/mol

SMILESCCCCOCOCCCC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3062528Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 17379Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Butane, 1,1'-[methylenebis(oxy)]bis- (CAS 2568-90-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/2568-90-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3062528. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3062528 PubChem: 17379. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/17379 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 2568-90-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 2568-90-3. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291100 for CAS 2568-90-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/