Methyl 3-methylorsellinate

CAS 4707-47-5

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$122M

Top sourceSouth Korea 39%

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 291829 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291829, which covers 85 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).

KR 39%South KoreaCN 26%ChinaTW 11%TaiwanJP 9%JapanSG 5%Singapore

United Kingdom
Germany
Malaysia
Mexico
Ireland
Ukraine
Slovakia
Hungary
Spain

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.

Reckitt Benckiser

EPA-registered importers (4)

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

Reckitt Benckiser Group · GB United Kingdom

Givaudan Fragrances

International Flavors And Fragrances

Makhteshim Agan Of North America, Inc. Dba Adama

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer ProductsCore 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 1 functional role.

•Fragrance in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fragrance in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.15/gAA BLOCKS

CountryUnited States

Pack$3675.00 / 25 kg

Purity98%

Vendors27 available

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

26 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.16	1 kg	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.17	5 kg	98%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.18	500 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
Chemscene	United States	$0.26	1 kg	—
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.26	1 kg	98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.26	1 kg	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.29	1 kg	98%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.31	500 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.52	100 g	95%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.58	25 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.70	100 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$1.16	100 g	98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$1.80	100 g	95%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$30.00	1 g	99.59%
Molnova	China	$74.00	500 mg	99%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$75.02	1 g	99.97%
Chengdu Biopurify Phytochemicals Ltd.	China	$106.00	1 g	98%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$238.00	10 g	95%
ChemFaces	China	$1500.00	20 mg	98%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)	United States	$2900.00	100 mg	90%
Vitas M Chemical Limited	Hong Kong	$3170.00	100 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%
ChemBridge Corporation	Kazakhstan	$6640.00	25 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC	United States	$52000.00	5 mg	90%
AnalytiCon Discovery - a Division of BRAIN Biotech AG	Germany	$73652.70	100 mg	85%

Chemical Identity

CAS4707-47-5

PubChem CID78435

DTXSIDDTXSID9041653

FormulaC10H12O4

Mol. Weight196.2 g/mol

SMILESCC1=CC(=C(C(=C1C(=O)OC)O)C)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9041653Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 78435Retrieved 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

Methyl 3-methylorsellinate (CAS 4707-47-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/4707-47-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9041653. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9041653 PubChem: 78435. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/78435 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 4707-47-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 4707-47-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291829 for CAS 4707-47-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/