Butanoic acid, 3-oxo-, butyl ester

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

US ProductionCBI

Import Value$65M

Top SourceChina 20%

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 291830 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291830, which covers 18 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

CN 20%ChinaIN 19%IndiaIT 19%ItalyCH 15%SwitzerlandJP 15%Japan

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

Downstream UsesNo data available

FDA Shortage Status

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$2.89/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$289.00 / 100 g

Purity98%

Vendors8 available

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

7 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$3.11	100 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$4.80	100 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$5.12	100 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$5.40	100 g	98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$6.24	25 g	95%
Key Organics Ltd.	United Kingdom	$2080.00	50 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS591-60-6

PubChem CID11576

DTXSIDDTXSID3060453

FormulaC8H14O3

Mol. Weight158.19 g/mol

SMILESCCCCOC(=O)CC(=O)C

Data Sources

DTXSID30604532026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

115762026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/11576/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/11576.json

591-60-62026-04-24

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

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

CAS 591-60-62026-04-25

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

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

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