Octadecanenitrile

CAS 638-65-3

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

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.

Nouryon Surface Chemistry

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

$9.40/gAA BLOCKS

CountryUnited States

Pack$47.00 / 5 g

Purity92%

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	$10.80	5 g	92%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$13.00	1 g	92%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$15.80	5 g	92%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$17.00	5 g	92%
MedKoo Biosciences, Inc	United States	$18.00	25 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$31.40	5 g	92%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	92%

Chemical Identity

CAS638-65-3

PubChem CID12532

DTXSIDDTXSID4027280

FormulaC18H35N

Mol. Weight265.5 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC#N

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4027280Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 12532Retrieved 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

Octadecanenitrile (CAS 638-65-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/638-65-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4027280. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4027280 PubChem: 12532. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/12532 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 638-65-3. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 638-65-3. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting