Sulisobenzone

Drug ingredient

CAS 4065-45-6

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 4065-45-6
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$175M
Top sourceIndia 48%

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 291479 · basket

EPA reports by year
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291479, which covers 95 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IN 48%IndiaCN 20%ChinaMX 19%MexicoDE 10%GermanyFI 2%Finland
EPA-registered importers (1)
Si Group Usa (Usaa)
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
MFCI (Huanggang) Co., Ltd.
Vantage Specialty Ingredients, Inc.
Yidu Huayang Chemical Co., Ltd.

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthPlastics & Rubber
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •UV stabilizer in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Antioxidant in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •UV stabilizer in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Antioxidant in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.15/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$73.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors23 available

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

Chemical Identity

CAS4065-45-6
PubChem CID19988
DTXSIDDTXSID2042436
FormulaC14H12O6S
Mol. Weight308.31 g/mol
SMILESCOC1=C(C=C(C(=C1)O)C(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2)S(=O)(=O)O

Data Sources

Brief citations

Sulisobenzone (CAS 4065-45-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/4065-45-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2042436. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2042436 PubChem: 19988. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/19988 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 4065-45-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 4065-45-6. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 291479 for CAS 4065-45-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/