2,4,6-Tris(tert-butyl)phenol

CAS 732-26-3

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 732-26-3
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$33M
Top sourceGermany 29%

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 290719 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports 320 lb

These shares come from HS customs code 290719, which covers 116 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 29%GermanyIN 26%IndiaCN 19%ChinaIT 9%ItalyCH 5%Switzerland
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)
Si Group

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNot recorded
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
  • •Fuel agents in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.04/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$19.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors19 available

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

Chemical Identity

CAS732-26-3
PubChem CID12902
DTXSIDDTXSID2021311
FormulaC18H30O
Mol. Weight262.4 g/mol
SMILESCC(C)(C)C1=CC(=C(C(=C1)C(C)(C)C)O)C(C)(C)C

Data Sources

Brief citations

2,4,6-Tris(tert-butyl)phenol (CAS 732-26-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/732-26-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2021311. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2021311 PubChem: 12902. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/12902 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 732-26-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 732-26-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290719 for CAS 732-26-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/