N,N,N-Trimethyl-1-adamantylammonium hydroxide

CAS 53075-09-5

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

Molecular structure of 53075-09-5 — 1 OH⁻

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$108M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceChina 14%

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 292390 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Zero
2019: US production 4.7M lb · Imports 3.6M lb

These shares come from HS customs code 292390, which covers 130 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).

CN 14%ChinaGB 13%United KingdomDE 11%GermanyIN 10%IndiaTW 10%Taiwan

Israel
Indonesia
Sweden
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Malaysia
Singapore
Lithuania
Brazil
Hong Kong
Australia
Belgium
Ukraine

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

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Surface modifier in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Chemical reaction regulator in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.04/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$19.00 / 500 g

Purity25%

Vendors12 available

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

11 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.04	500 g	25%
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.07	500 g	25%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.09	500 g	25%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.09	500 g	25%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.10	100 g	25%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.13	500 g	25%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.15	500 g	25%
Acrotein ChemBio, Inc.	United States	$0.21	100 g	—
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.35	500 g	25%
Synthonix	United States	$0.60	25 g	25%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	25%

Chemical Identity

CAS53075-09-5

PubChem CID14475644

DTXSIDDTXSID901335104

FormulaC13H25NO

Mol. Weight211.34 g/mol

SMILESC[N+](C)(C)C12CC3CC(C1)CC(C3)C2.[OH-]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID901335104Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 14475644Retrieved 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

N,N,N-Trimethyl-1-adamantylammonium hydroxide (CAS 53075-09-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/53075-09-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID901335104. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID901335104 PubChem: 14475644. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/14475644 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 53075-09-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 53075-09-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292390 for CAS 53075-09-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/