Lithium 3-carboxy-5-sulfobenzoate

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 46728-75-0
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$316M
Top SourceSouth Korea 19%

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 291739 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291739, which covers 32 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
KR 19%South KoreaCN 19%ChinaIN 18%IndiaES 13%SpainCA 9%Canada
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Futurefuel

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS46728-75-0
PubChem CID23688987
DTXSIDDTXSID5044819
FormulaC8H5LiO7S
Mol. Weight252.2 g/mol
SMILES[Li+].C1=C(C=C(C=C1C(=O)[O-])S(=O)(=O)O)C(=O)O

Data Sources

DTXSID50448192026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

236889872026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23688987/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23688987.json

46728-75-02026-04-24

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

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

CAS 46728-75-02026-04-25

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

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