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Di-sec-butylphenol

CAS 31291-60-8

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

Molecular structure of 31291-60-8
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$33M
Top sourceGermany 29%

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 290719 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 290719, which covers 116 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 29%GermanyIN 26%IndiaCN 19%ChinaIT 9%ItalyCH 5%Switzerland
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)
Si Group

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberTextilesCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • •Intermediate in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (5%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (5%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (5%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Surfactant (surface active agent) in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (80%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (5%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS31291-60-8
PubChem CID21685
DTXSIDDTXSID5049574
FormulaC14H22O
Mol. Weight206.32 g/mol
SMILESCCC(C)C1=C(C(=CC=C1)C(C)CC)O

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Di-sec-butylphenol (CAS 31291-60-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/31291-60-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5049574. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5049574 PubChem: 21685. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/21685 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 31291-60-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 31291-60-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290719 for CAS 31291-60-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/