pentetrazol

Drug ingredient

CAS 54-95-5

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$1.4B

Top sourceIreland 33%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293399 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 293399, which covers 518 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).

IE 33%IrelandCN 26%ChinaIN 11%IndiaDE 9%GermanyIT 4%Italy

Taiwan
Poland
Canada
Ivory Coast
Greece
Hungary
Indonesia
Latvia
Belgium
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Austria
Netherlands
Finland
Denmark
Croatia
Australia
South Africa
Sweden
Hong Kong
Malta
Singapore
Lithuania
Malaysia
Oman
Serbia

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Archimica S.p.A.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

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

Vendor Pricing

$3.15/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$315.35 / 100 g

PurityNot recorded

Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$3.15	100 g	—
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$3.95	25 g	98%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$7.02	10 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$8.72	25 g	95%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$12.20	25 g	98%
MedKoo Biosciences, Inc	United States	$14.00	25 g	98%
ChemDiv, Inc.	United States	$25.00	25 g	90%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$1300.00	50 mg	99.99%

Chemical Identity

CAS54-95-5

PubChem CID5917

DTXSIDDTXSID7041091

FormulaC6H10N4

Mol. Weight138.17 g/mol

SMILESC1CCC2=NN=NN2CC1

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 5917Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-24
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

pentetrazol (CAS 54-95-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/54-95-5/ PubChem: 5917. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5917 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 54-95-5. Retrieved 2026-04-24. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 293399 for CAS 54-95-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/