2,3,4-Trichloro-6-(trichloromethyl)pyridine

CAS 70788-54-4

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.

Top sourceNo public record

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.

Where It Comes From

EPA reports by year

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

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.

Corteva Agriscience

Why It Matters

Sectors

Agriculture

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 Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS70788-54-4

PubChem CID116889

DTXSIDDTXSID8072166

FormulaC6HCl6N

Mol. Weight299.8 g/mol

SMILESC1=C(C(=C(N=C1C(Cl)(Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID8072166Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 116889Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

2,3,4-Trichloro-6-(trichloromethyl)pyridine (CAS 70788-54-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/70788-54-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8072166. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8072166 PubChem: 116889. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/116889 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 70788-54-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 70788-54-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting