2-(2-Propoxyethoxy)ethanol

CAS 6881-94-3

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.

Import value, 2024$3M

Top sourceItaly 31%

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 290944 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290944, which covers 13 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).

IT 31%ItalyCN 18%ChinaDE 12%GermanyJP 11%JapanTW 7%Taiwan

Spain
Switzerland
Austria

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.

Eastman Chemical

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

•Solvent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$327.00/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$327.00 / 1 g

Purity95%

Vendors5 available

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

4 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$331.00	1 g	95%
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$415.00	1 g	95%
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)	United States	$474.00	1 g	95%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$1588.00	250 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS6881-94-3

PubChem CID81313

DTXSIDDTXSID1027639

FormulaC7H16O3

Mol. Weight148.2 g/mol

SMILESCCCOCCOCCO

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1027639Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 81313Retrieved 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

2-(2-Propoxyethoxy)ethanol (CAS 6881-94-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/6881-94-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1027639. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1027639 PubChem: 81313. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/81313 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 6881-94-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 6881-94-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290944 for CAS 6881-94-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/