2,4-Pentanedione, peroxide

CAS 37187-22-7

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.

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 Confidential

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.

United Initiators Gmbh · DE Germany

United Initiators

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

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

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•CBI in CBICBI
•Polymerization promoter in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS37187-22-7

PubChem CID16213740

DTXSIDDTXSID60894402

FormulaC10H14O6

Mol. Weight230.21 g/mol

SMILESCC(=O)C(C(=O)C)OOC(C(=O)C)C(=O)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID60894402Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 16213740Retrieved 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

2,4-Pentanedione, peroxide (CAS 37187-22-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/37187-22-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID60894402. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID60894402 PubChem: 16213740. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/16213740 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 37187-22-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 37187-22-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting