2,2'-(Methanediyldisulfanediyl)diethanol

CAS 44860-68-6

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

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Eastman Kodak

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer Products

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

•Intermediate in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$219.00/gCombi-Blocks, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$219.00 / 1 g

Purity95%

Vendors7 available

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

6 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$308.00	1 g	95%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$311.00	1 g	95%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$331.00	1 g	95%
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)	United States	$344.00	1 g	96%
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$356.00	1 g	96%
J&W Pharmlab, LLC	United States	$599.60	5 g	96%

Chemical Identity

CAS44860-68-6

PubChem CID94785

DTXSIDDTXSID0044945

FormulaC5H12O2S2

Mol. Weight168.3 g/mol

SMILESC(CSCSCCO)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID0044945Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 94785Retrieved 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

2,2'-(Methanediyldisulfanediyl)diethanol (CAS 44860-68-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/44860-68-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0044945. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0044945 PubChem: 94785. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/94785 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 44860-68-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 44860-68-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting