Perfluoropropane

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 76-19-7
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$12M
Top SourceJapan 56%

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 290349 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290349, which covers 4 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
JP 56%JapanCN 28%ChinaGB 11%United KingdomTW 3%TaiwanIT 1%Italy
EPA-registered importers (1)
Linde

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthElectronics
Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • Definity
  • Definity RT
  • Optison Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Etching agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS76-19-7
PubChem CID6432
DTXSIDDTXSID9052503
FormulaC3F8
Mol. Weight188.02 g/mol
SMILESC(C(F)(F)F)(C(F)(F)F)(F)F

Data Sources

DTXSID90525032026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

64322026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6432/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6432.json

76-19-72026-04-24

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

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

CAS 76-19-72026-04-25

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

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