Dimethyldichlorosilane

CAS 75-78-5

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$537M

Top sourceChina 39%

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 293190 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 293190, which covers 378 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).

CN 39%ChinaDE 17%GermanyIT 9%ItalyIN 7%IndiaJP 7%Japan

Ireland
Netherlands
Switzerland
Monaco
Ukraine
Spain
Mexico
Poland
Indonesia
Armenia
Israel
Sweden
Australia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Brunei
Hong Kong
Brazil
Thailand
Argentina
Finland
Austria
Latvia

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Dow Chemical

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Mitsubishi Chemical America

Mom Holding

EPA-registered importers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Kcc · KR South Korea

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

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Monomers in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (1%)Processing—repackaging

Vendor Pricing

$0.07/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$1706.22 / 25 kg

Purity99%

Vendors5 available

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

4 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.07	25 kg	99%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Asinex	Netherlands	$6461.40	100 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS75-78-5

PubChem CID6398

DTXSIDDTXSID9026425

FormulaC2H6Cl2Si

Mol. Weight129.06 g/mol

SMILESC[Si](C)(Cl)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9026425Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6398Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Dimethyldichlorosilane (CAS 75-78-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/75-78-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9026425. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9026425 PubChem: 6398. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6398 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 75-78-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 75-78-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293190 for CAS 75-78-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/