2-(Dodecyloxy)ethanol

CAS 4536-30-5

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$3M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceItaly 31%

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 290944 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 290944, which covers 13 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).

IT 31%ItalyCN 18%ChinaDE 12%GermanyJP 11%JapanTW 7%Taiwan

Spain
Switzerland
Austria

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.

Solvay

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core 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

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$56.00/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$280.00 / 5 g

Purity98%

Vendors11 available

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

10 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$56.40	5 g	98%
Key Organics Ltd.	United Kingdom	$141.62	50 g	95%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$186.00	5 g	98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$186.00	5 g	96%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$246.00	5 g	96%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$2650.00	100 mg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$2940.00	100 mg	98%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$4212.60	100 mg	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS4536-30-5

PubChem CID24750

DTXSIDDTXSID8044676

FormulaC14H30O2

Mol. Weight230.39 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCOCCO

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8044676Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 24750Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

2-(Dodecyloxy)ethanol (CAS 4536-30-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/4536-30-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8044676. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8044676 PubChem: 24750. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24750 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 4536-30-5. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 4536-30-5. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290944 for CAS 4536-30-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/