Diethyl ether

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 60-29-7
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$7M
Top SourceIndia 40%

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 290911 · exact

Source Countries
IN 40%IndiaMX 37%MexicoDE 21%GermanyCN 1%China
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Ashland
Lyondell Chemical
EPA-registered importers (2)
Bae Systems, Ordnance Systems
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthConsumer ProductsDefense
Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Etherum
  • •Pan-Zyme-S
  • •N02 Petrochem
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 7 sectors as 5 functional roles.

  • •Propellants and blowing agents in Explosives Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Solvents (for cleaning or degreasing) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Fuels and fuel additives in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (40%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Laboratory chemicals in Wholesale and Retail Trade (14%)Processing—repackaging
  • •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Petrochemical Manufacturing (19%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (1%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (4%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Solvents (which become part of product formulation or mixture) in Explosives Manufacturing (6%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Laboratory chemicals in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Processing—repackaging

Chemical Identity

CAS60-29-7
PubChem CID3283
DTXSIDDTXSID3021720
FormulaC4H10O
Mol. Weight74.12 g/mol
SMILESCCOCC

Data Sources

DTXSID30217202026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

32832026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/3283/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/3283.json

60-29-72026-04-24

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

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

CAS 60-29-72026-04-25

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

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

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