2-Methyl-2-butanol

CAS 75-85-4

EPA’s 2023 records show zero U.S. production of this chemical.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$103M

Import volumeCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Top sourceGermany 46%

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. 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 290519 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290519, which covers 122 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).

DE 46%GermanyMX 17%MexicoIN 11%IndiaCN 7%ChinaJP 3%Japan

Indonesia
Brazil
Canada
Singapore
Armenia
Slovakia
Argentina
Ukraine
Ireland
Netherlands
Hong Kong

EPA-registered importers (2)

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

Basf Se · DE Germany

Basf

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 ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.25/gCombi-Blocks, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$250.00 / 1 kg

Purity98%

Vendors4 available

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

3 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.27	1 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.28	1 kg	98%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS75-85-4

PubChem CID6405

DTXSIDDTXSID0041436

FormulaC5H12O

Mol. Weight88.15 g/mol

SMILESCCC(C)(C)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID0041436Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6405Retrieved 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

2-Methyl-2-butanol (CAS 75-85-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/75-85-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0041436. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0041436 PubChem: 6405. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6405 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 75-85-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 75-85-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290519 for CAS 75-85-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/