3-Methylbutyl 3-methylbutanoate

CAS 659-70-1

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.

Import value, 2024$63M

Top sourceChina 22%

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. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291560 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291560, which covers 183 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

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

CN 22%ChinaDE 19%GermanySE 14%SwedenJP 13%JapanIN 9%India

Ireland
South Korea
United Arab Emirates
Russia
Ukraine
Israel
Brazil
Canada

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Ungerer And

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

•Fragrance in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gAA BLOCKS

CountryUnited States

Pack$3022.00 / 170 kg

Purity98%

Vendors17 available

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

16 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.02	25 kg	98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.03	20 kg	98%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.03	20 kg	98%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.05	1 kg	98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.05	1 kg	98%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.06	1 kg	98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbH	Germany	$0.06	500 g	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.08	500 g	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.11	1 kg	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.11	500 g	99.5%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.13	500 g	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$0.20	500 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$48.00	1 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS659-70-1

PubChem CID12613

DTXSIDDTXSID8044757

FormulaC10H20O2

Mol. Weight172.26 g/mol

SMILESCC(C)CCOC(=O)CC(C)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8044757Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 12613Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

3-Methylbutyl 3-methylbutanoate (CAS 659-70-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/659-70-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8044757. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8044757 PubChem: 12613. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/12613 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 659-70-1. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 659-70-1. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291560 for CAS 659-70-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/