Pentaethylene glycol

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

Molecular structure of 4792-15-8
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$132M
Import Volume10.9K lbs
Top SourceIndia 18%

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 290949 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290949, which covers 44 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IN 18%IndiaJP 14%JapanDE 13%GermanyKR 11%South KoreaTW 11%Taiwan
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Huntsman
Lyondell Chemical
The Dow Chemical
EPA-registered importers (1)
Accron

Why It Matters

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

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • Dehydrating agent (desiccant) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Lubricating agent in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Viscosity modifiers in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.59/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$589.00 / 1 kg
Purity97%
Vendors31 available

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

30 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.66500 g97%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.90500 g97%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.90500 g97%
ChemsceneUnited States$1.051 kg
Acrotein ChemBio, Inc.United States$1.25500 g
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$1.28500 g98%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$1.29100 g97%
Fluorochem EUGermany$1.43100 g96%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$1.46100 g96%
AstaTech, IncUnited States$1.64100 g95%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$1.6425 g95%
Manchester OrganicsUnited Kingdom$1.90100 g97%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$2.07500 g98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$2.07500 g98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$2.07500 g98%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$2.07500 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$2.2025 g98%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$2.59500 g99.58%
SynthonixUnited States$3.0010 g97%
Accela ChemBioUnited States$4.005 g97%
Apollo Scientific UKUnited Kingdom$4.3625 g97%
AxisPharmUnited States$8.8025 g95%
ALFA AESARGermany$14.7610 g98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$19.8825 g98%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$19.8825 g98%
MedKoo Biosciences, IncUnited States$20.4025 g98%
TargetMol ChemicalsChina United States$29.001 g
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
HTS Biochemie InnovationenGermany$2440.00100 mg95%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg97%

Chemical Identity

CAS4792-15-8
PubChem CID62551
DTXSIDDTXSID4027579
FormulaC10H22O6
Mol. Weight238.28 g/mol
SMILESC(COCCOCCOCCOCCO)O

Data Sources

DTXSID40275792026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

625512026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/62551/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/62551.json

4792-15-82026-04-24

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

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

CAS 4792-15-82026-04-25

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

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