Tetrabutylphosphonium bromide

CAS 3115-68-2

Phosphonium, tetrabutyl-, bromide (1:1)

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

Molecular structure of 3115-68-2 — 1 Br⁻

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$598M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceChina 89%

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 293149 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 293149, which covers 114 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).

CN 89%ChinaIN 4%IndiaCA 3%CanadaDE 2%GermanyAR 1%Argentina

United Kingdom
Italy
Mexico
Japan
Switzerland
Hong Kong
Ukraine
Finland
Sweden
Spain
Poland
Slovakia
Netherlands
Singapore
Taiwan
South Korea
Czech Republic

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

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

Syensqo Sa · BE Belgium

Solvay

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberCore 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

•Polymerization promoter in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (75%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS3115-68-2

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID6047945

FormulaC16H36BrP

Mol. Weight339.342 g/mol

SMILES[Br-].CCCC[P+](CCCC)(CCCC)CCCC

Data Sources

EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-29
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

Tetrabutylphosphonium bromide (CAS 3115-68-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/3115-68-2/ EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 3115-68-2. Retrieved 2026-04-29. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 3115-68-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 3115-68-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293149 for CAS 3115-68-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/