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1,2-Hexanediol

Drug ingredient

CAS 6920-22-5

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, 2024$82M
Top sourceGermany 18%

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 290539 · basket

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290539, which covers 48 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 18%GermanyKR 16%South KoreaBR 11%BrazilTW 8%TaiwanMX 7%Mexico
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)
Symrise
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
ANUBIS COSMETICS SL

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
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 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Solvent in Printing and Related Support Activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

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

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Brief citations

1,2-Hexanediol (CAS 6920-22-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/6920-22-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID40863959. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID40863959 PubChem: 94335. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/94335 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 6920-22-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 6920-22-5. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 290539 for CAS 6920-22-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/