N,N-Dimethyloctylamine N-oxide

Drug ingredient

CAS 2605-78-9

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number 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.

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 45.7K lb

EPA-registered manufacturers (4)

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

Arxada

Colonial Chemical

Southern Chemical & Textiles

The Lewis Chemical

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

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

Indorama Ventures Usa Holdings

Verdant Specialty Solutions

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.

Solenis

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Kidney Repair Center

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 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Surfactant (surface active agent) in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Cleaning agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Surfactant (surface active agent) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gAaron Chemicals LLC (2 weeks)

CountryHong Kong

Pack$26.00 / 1 kg

Purity30%

Vendors3 available

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

2 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Labotest KG	Germany	$453.00	1000 mg	90%
A2B Chem LLC (1 week)	United States	$2783.60	2.5 g	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS2605-78-9

PubChem CID62451

DTXSIDDTXSID1042239

FormulaC10H23NO

Mol. Weight173.3 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCC[N+](C)(C)[O-]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1042239Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 62451Retrieved 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

N,N-Dimethyloctylamine N-oxide (CAS 2605-78-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/2605-78-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1042239. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1042239 PubChem: 62451. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/62451 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 2605-78-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 2605-78-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting