1,2-Hexanediol

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 6920-22-5
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$82M
Top SourceGermany 18%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290539 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290539, which covers 28 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 18%GermanyKR 16%South KoreaBR 11%BrazilTW 8%TaiwanMX 7%Mexico
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
ANUBIS COSMETICS SL

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthConsumer ProductsPaper & Printing
Downstream Uses

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

  • •Anubismed
  • •Anubis Barcelona
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Solvent in Printing and Related Support Activities (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Solvent in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—incorporation into article
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.03/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$15.00 / 500 g
Purity97%
Vendors19 available

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

18 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.04500 g97%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.05200 kg98%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.061 kg95%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.07500 g95%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.07100 g98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.071 kg—
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.071 kg97%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.071 kg97%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.111 kg97%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.111 kg97%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.241 kg95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg95%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.321 kg98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.40250 g98%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.40250 g98%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.49500 g98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$3.0825 g95%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg97%

Chemical Identity

CAS6920-22-5
PubChem CID94335
DTXSIDDTXSID40863959
FormulaC6H14O2
Mol. Weight118.17 g/mol
SMILESCCCCC(CO)O

Data Sources

DTXSID408639592026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

943352026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/94335/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/94335.json

6920-22-52026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 6920-22-52026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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