3-Methyl-1,5-pentanediol

CAS 4457-71-0

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$82M

Top sourceGermany 18%

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. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290539 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 290539, which covers 48 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 18%GermanyKR 16%South KoreaBR 11%BrazilTW 8%TaiwanMX 7%Mexico

Canada
Liechtenstein
Israel
Ireland
Portugal
Ukraine
Singapore

EPA-registered importers (2)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Kuraray · JP Japan

Kuraray Holdings U.S.A.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Paper & PrintingCore 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

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Monomers in Printing Ink Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.06/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$31.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors13 available

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

12 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.07	500 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.07	1 kg	98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.07	1 kg	98%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$0.09	1 kg	—
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.09	500 g	97%
Acrotein ChemBio, Inc.	United States	$0.10	500 g	—
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.11	500 g	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.11	1 kg	98%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.13	500 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	97%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$0.47	100 g	95%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS4457-71-0

PubChem CID20524

DTXSIDDTXSID1063483

FormulaC6H14O2

Mol. Weight118.17 g/mol

SMILESCC(CCO)CCO

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1063483Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 20524Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

3-Methyl-1,5-pentanediol (CAS 4457-71-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/4457-71-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1063483. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1063483 PubChem: 20524. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/20524 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 4457-71-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 4457-71-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290539 for CAS 4457-71-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/