Amidopropylalkyl carboxymethyl dimethyl ammonium compound C12 (apAcMDMAC C12)

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 4292-10-8
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$371M
Top SourceChina 27%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292419 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 292419, which covers 88 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 27%ChinaIN 18%IndiaDE 14%GermanyIT 10%ItalyGB 6%United Kingdom
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Colonial Chemical
Evonik
Solvay
EPA-registered importers (4)
Galaxy Surfactants · IN India
Solvay
Target
Tri-K Industries

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthConsumer Products
Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Foaming Hand
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Surface active agents in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Pharmaceutical and Medicine ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.10/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$48.00 / 500 g
Purity95%
Vendors12 available

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

11 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.11500 g95%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.17500 g—
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.21500 g—
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.231 kg35%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.87100 g—
MedChemExpress MCESweden$1.2625 g96.69%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$8.40100 g95%
AstaTech, IncUnited States$9.44100 g98%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$15.19100 g35%
MedKoo Biosciences, IncUnited States$480.001 g98%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg95%

Chemical Identity

CAS4292-10-8
PubChem CID20280
DTXSIDDTXSID4041282
FormulaC19H38N2O3
Mol. Weight342.5 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)NCCC[N+](C)(C)CC(=O)[O-]

Data Sources

DTXSID40412822026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

202802026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/20280/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/20280.json

4292-10-82026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 4292-10-82026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv

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