rel-(1R,2S,5R)-2,6,6-Trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]heptane

CAS 6876-13-7

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$90M

Top sourceJapan 21%

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 290219 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 290219, which covers 108 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).

JP 21%JapanBR 12%BrazilTW 12%TaiwanKR 11%South KoreaDE 9%Germany

Russia
United Kingdom
Indonesia
South Africa
Ukraine
Madagascar
Hungary
Hong Kong
Czech Republic
Israel

EPA-registered manufacturers (2)

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

Symrise Ag · DE Germany

Symrise

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.

Lion Copolymer Holdings

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberCore 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

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Polymerization promoter in Synthetic Rubber ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.79/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$394.00 / 500 g

Purity99%

Vendors7 available

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

6 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.80	500 g	99%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$1.05	500 g	99%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$1.38	500 g	99%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$14.00	5 g	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$20.00	5 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$28.90	10 g	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS6876-13-7

PubChem CID10969850

DTXSIDDTXSID6027638

FormulaC10H18

Mol. Weight138.25 g/mol

SMILESCC1CCC2CC1C2(C)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6027638Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 10969850Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

rel-(1R,2S,5R)-2,6,6-Trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]heptane (CAS 6876-13-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/6876-13-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6027638. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6027638 PubChem: 10969850. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/10969850 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 6876-13-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 6876-13-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290219 for CAS 6876-13-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/