3-Methylhexane

CAS 589-34-4

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$917M

Top sourceCanada 95%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290110 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 290110, which covers 58 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).

CA 95%CanadaDE 2%GermanyBR 1%BrazilKR 1%South Korea

China
Spain
Italy
Japan
Israel
Malaysia
United Kingdom
Austria
Portugal
India
Poland
Netherlands
Turkey
Switzerland
Belgium
Greece
Sweden

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.

Basf

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Brenntag

Why It Matters

No EPA sector or FDA product records name a use for this chemical.

Vendor Pricing

$5.63/gAA BLOCKS

CountryUnited States

Pack$563.00 / 100 g

Purity95%

Vendors5 available

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

4 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$10.90	10 g	95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$17.29	25 g	99%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$17.29	25 g	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$19.20	25 g	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS589-34-4

PubChem CID11507

DTXSIDDTXSID3044334

FormulaC7H16

Mol. Weight100.2 g/mol

SMILESCCCC(C)CC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3044334Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 11507Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

3-Methylhexane (CAS 589-34-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/589-34-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3044334. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3044334 PubChem: 11507. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/11507 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 589-34-4. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290110 for CAS 589-34-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/