Octaphenylcyclotetrasiloxane

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

Molecular structure of 546-56-5
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$537M
Import VolumeZero
Top SourceChina 39%

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 293190 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 293190, which covers 164 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 39%ChinaDE 17%GermanyIT 9%ItalyIN 7%IndiaJP 7%Japan
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Avantor
Momentive Performance Materials

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (50%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.19/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$96.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors16 available

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

15 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Aaron Chemicals LLCHong Kong$0.20500 g98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.21500 g98%
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.21500 g98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.271 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.271 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.271 kg98%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.271 kg98%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.33500 g
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.51100 g95%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.68100 g98%
Biopharma PEG Scientific Inc.United States$1.00100 g95%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$1.14100 g95%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$1.21100 g95%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%

Chemical Identity

CAS546-56-5
PubChem CID68347
DTXSIDDTXSID5052206
FormulaC48H40O4Si4
Mol. Weight793.2 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)[Si]2(O[Si](O[Si](O[Si](O2)(C3=CC=CC=C3)C4=CC=CC=C4)(C5=CC=CC=C5)C6=CC=CC=C6)(C7=CC=CC=C7)C8=CC=CC=C8)C9=CC=CC=C9

Data Sources

DTXSID50522062026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

683472026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/68347/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/68347.json

546-56-52026-04-24

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

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

CAS 546-56-52026-04-25

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

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