6-Dodecanone, 5,8-diethyl-7-hydroxy-

CAS 31814-59-2

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$90M

Top sourceGermany 36%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291440 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291440, which covers 35 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).

DE 36%GermanyBE 32%BelgiumCN 13%ChinaTW 7%TaiwanBR 5%Brazil

Switzerland
Hong Kong
Japan
India
Canada
Israel
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Spain
Ukraine

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.

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core 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

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS31814-59-2

PubChem CID169366

DTXSIDDTXSID20885518

FormulaC16H32O2

Mol. Weight256.42 g/mol

SMILESCCCCC(CC)C(C(=O)C(CC)CCCC)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID20885518Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 169366Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · 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

6-Dodecanone, 5,8-diethyl-7-hydroxy- (CAS 31814-59-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/31814-59-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID20885518. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID20885518 PubChem: 169366. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/169366 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 31814-59-2. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 31814-59-2. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291440 for CAS 31814-59-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/