2-Mercaptoethyl laurate

CAS 60642-66-2

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.

Top sourceNo public record

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.

Where It Comes From

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

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.

Galata Chemicals

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

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

Industrial Uses

•Heat stabilizer in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS60642-66-2

PubChem CID105831

DTXSIDDTXSID5069415

FormulaC14H28O2S

Mol. Weight260.44 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OCCS

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5069415Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 105831Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

2-Mercaptoethyl laurate (CAS 60642-66-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/60642-66-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5069415. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5069415 PubChem: 105831. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/105831 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 60642-66-2. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 60642-66-2. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting