Hexadecanenitrile

CAS 629-79-8

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

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

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

Evonik

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core Chemicals

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

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$884.00/gCombi-Blocks (back-ordered)

CountryUnited States

Pack$884.00 / 1 g

Purity95%

Vendors7 available

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

6 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$907.00	1 g	95%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$913.00	1 g	95%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$938.00	1 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$990.00	1 g	95%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$1295.00	1 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$1572.00	250 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS629-79-8

PubChem CID69424

DTXSIDDTXSID5027271

FormulaC16H31N

Mol. Weight237.42 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC#N

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5027271Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 69424Retrieved 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

Hexadecanenitrile (CAS 629-79-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/629-79-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5027271. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5027271 PubChem: 69424. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/69424 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 629-79-8. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 629-79-8. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting