2-Propenal, 3-[4-(1-methylethyl)phenyl]-

CAS 6975-24-2

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$106M

Top sourceJapan 33%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291229 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291229, which covers 104 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 33%JapanCN 14%ChinaMX 13%MexicoIN 12%IndiaES 9%Spain

Malaysia
Ukraine
Austria
Belgium
Latvia
Netherlands
Brazil
Canada
Singapore

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.

Emerald Performance Materials

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

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

Chemical Identity

CAS6975-24-2

PubChem CID95595

DTXSIDDTXSID00884347

FormulaC12H14O

Mol. Weight174.24 g/mol

SMILESCC(C)C1=CC=C(C=C1)C=CC=O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID00884347Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 95595Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

2-Propenal, 3-[4-(1-methylethyl)phenyl]- (CAS 6975-24-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/6975-24-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID00884347. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID00884347 PubChem: 95595. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/95595 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 6975-24-2. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 6975-24-2. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291229 for CAS 6975-24-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/