Sodium carbonate monohydrate

Drug ingredient

CAS 5968-11-6

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

Molecular structure of 5968-11-6 — 2 Na⁺ · 1 H₂O

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$7M

Top sourceItaly 25%

This chemical is not on EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act inventory, the list behind EPA’s production survey.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 283620 · exact

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

IT 25%ItalySE 18%SwedenGB 14%United KingdomMX 14%MexicoDE 9%Germany

Norway
Switzerland
Brazil
South Korea
Poland
Ukraine

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Jost Chemical Co.

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

$0.01/gA2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)

CountryUnited States

Pack$75.00 / 10 kg

Purity99%

Vendors11 available

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

10 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$0.01	10 kg	99%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.01	500 g	98%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.01	500 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.03	25 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.03	25 kg	98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.05	2.5 kg	99.5%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.05	2.5 kg	99.5%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.06	1 kg	99.5%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.19	500 g	99.5%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS5968-11-6

PubChem CID2735133

DTXSIDDTXSID40208366

FormulaCH2Na2O4

Mol. Weight124 g/mol

SMILESC(=O)([O-])[O-].O.[Na+].[Na+]

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 2735133Retrieved 2026-04-07
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-25
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Sodium carbonate monohydrate (CAS 5968-11-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/5968-11-6/ PubChem: 2735133. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/2735133 FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 5968-11-6. Retrieved 2026-04-25. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 283620 for CAS 5968-11-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/