o-Cymen-5-ol

Drug ingredient

CAS 3228-02-2

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$33M

Top sourceGermany 29%

This chemical is not on EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act inventory, the list behind EPA’s production survey.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. 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

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

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

DE 29%GermanyIN 26%IndiaCN 19%ChinaIT 9%ItalyCH 5%Switzerland

Mexico
Poland
South Korea
Canada
Russia
Ukraine
Hong Kong
Malaysia
United Kingdom

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Guangzhou Ariel Biotech Co., Ltd.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•15% azelaic acid acne cream
•10% azelaic acid acne cream

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.14/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$69.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors15 available

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

14 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.15	500 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.26	500 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.29	1 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.33	100 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.36	500 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.36	500 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.36	500 g	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.36	500 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.69	100 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.99	100 g	95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$1.15	100 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$1.15	100 g	99%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$460.00	250 mg	95%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS3228-02-2

PubChem CID18597

DTXSIDDTXSID10186026

FormulaC10H14O

Mol. Weight150.22 g/mol

SMILESCC1=C(C=CC(=C1)O)C(C)C

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 18597Retrieved 2026-04-07
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-25
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

o-Cymen-5-ol (CAS 3228-02-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/3228-02-2/ PubChem: 18597. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/18597 FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 3228-02-2. Retrieved 2026-04-25. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 290719 for CAS 3228-02-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/