Magnesium hexadecanoate

CAS 2601-98-1

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

Molecular structure of 2601-98-1 — 1 Mg²⁺

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$114M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceIndonesia 27%

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 291570 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291570, which covers 96 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).

ID 27%IndonesiaMY 25%MalaysiaSG 12%SingaporeIN 10%IndiaIT 6%Italy

United Kingdom
Colombia
Argentina
Vietnam
Peru
Brazil
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland

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.

Martin Marietta Materials

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

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

•Flame retardant in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$437.00/gA2B Chem LLC (1 week)

CountryUnited States

Pack$437.00 / 1 g

Purity95%

Vendors4 available

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

3 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS (1 week)	United States	$486.00	1 g	95%
Combi-Blocks (back-ordered)	United States	$530.00	1 g	95%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$615.00	1 g	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS2601-98-1

PubChem CID9850060

DTXSIDDTXSID80890562

FormulaC32H62MgO4

Mol. Weight535.1 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)[O-].[Mg+2]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID80890562Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 9850060Retrieved 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

Magnesium hexadecanoate (CAS 2601-98-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/2601-98-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID80890562. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID80890562 PubChem: 9850060. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/9850060 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 2601-98-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 2601-98-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291570 for CAS 2601-98-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/