Pentetic acid

Drug ingredient

CAS 67-43-6

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

Molecular structure of 67-43-6
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$503M
Top sourceChina 25%

At least one company claimed its 2023 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: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292249 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292249, which covers 170 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 25%ChinaIN 17%IndiaSG 13%SingaporeIT 9%ItalyCH 7%Switzerland
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
Curium US LLC
Jubilant DraxImage Inc., dba Jubilant Radiopharma
Sionc Pharmaceutical Private Limited

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthCore Chemicals
Downstream Uses

Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Draximage DTPA
  • •Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Ion exchange agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •CBI in CBICBI

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$29.00 / 1 kg
Purity98%
Vendors31 available

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

Chemical Identity

CAS67-43-6
PubChem CID3053
DTXSIDDTXSID2023434
FormulaC14H23N3O10
Mol. Weight393.35 g/mol
SMILESC(CN(CC(=O)O)CC(=O)O)N(CCN(CC(=O)O)CC(=O)O)CC(=O)O

Data Sources

Brief citations

Pentetic acid (CAS 67-43-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/67-43-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2023434. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2023434 PubChem: 3053. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/3053 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 67-43-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 67-43-6. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 292249 for CAS 67-43-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/