Perfluoro-2-methyl-3-pentanone

CAS 756-13-8

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$175M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceIndia 48%

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 291479 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291479, which covers 95 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).

IN 48%IndiaCN 20%ChinaMX 19%MexicoDE 10%GermanyFI 2%Finland

Ukraine
Japan
Australia
Netherlands
South Korea
Canada
Switzerland
Russia
Poland
Italy
United Kingdom
Spain
Taiwan
Grenada

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.

Why It Matters

Sectors

ElectronicsMetals & MiningCore 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 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Fire extinguishing agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
•Heat transferring agent in Computer and Electronic Product ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities

Vendor Pricing

$0.09/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$43.00 / 500 g

Purity98%

Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.11	500 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.18	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.23	500 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.46	25 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$2.34	100 g	95%
Apollo Scientific UK	United Kingdom	$2.51	100 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$7.34	100 g	98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$9.60	5 g	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS756-13-8

PubChem CID2782408

DTXSIDDTXSID4074932

FormulaC6F12O

Mol. Weight316.04 g/mol

SMILESC(=O)(C(C(F)(F)F)(C(F)(F)F)F)C(C(F)(F)F)(F)F

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4074932Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 2782408Retrieved 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

Perfluoro-2-methyl-3-pentanone (CAS 756-13-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/756-13-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4074932. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4074932 PubChem: 2782408. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/2782408 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 756-13-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 756-13-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291479 for CAS 756-13-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/