Didecyldimethylammonium chloride

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 7173-51-5
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$108M
Top SourceChina 14%

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 292390 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 292390, which covers 60 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 14%ChinaGB 13%United KingdomDE 11%GermanyIN 10%IndiaTW 10%Taiwan
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Canberra
Lonza
EPA-registered importers (1)
Diversey

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthConsumer Products
Downstream Uses

Appears in 4 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Wet wipes
  • •Lepnuns Milia Remover
  • •Meoly Milia Remover 30 ml
  • •Milia Remover Treatment
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Surface active agents in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Surfactant (surface active agent) in Wholesale and Retail TradeProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.09/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$43.00 / 500 g
Purity80%
Vendors14 available

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

13 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.09500 g80%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.15500 g95%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.19500 g95%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.211 kg80%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg95%
SynthonixUnited States$0.50100 g95%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.52100 g80%
AstaTech, IncUnited States$0.68100 g95%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$35.095 g98%
TargetMol ChemicalsChina → United States$46.001 g99.81%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$481.48250 mg—
Sigma-AldrichGermany$481.48250 mg—
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg80%

Chemical Identity

CAS7173-51-5
PubChem CID23558
DTXSIDDTXSID9032537
FormulaC22H48ClN
Mol. Weight362.1 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCC[N+](C)(C)CCCCCCCCCC.[Cl-]

Data Sources

DTXSID90325372026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

235582026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23558/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23558.json

7173-51-52026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7173-51-52026-04-25

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

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

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