2-Ethylhexanoyl chloride

CAS 760-67-8

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$384M

Top sourceMalaysia 21%

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 291590 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291590, which covers 588 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).

MY 21%MalaysiaDE 13%GermanyNL 13%NetherlandsMX 10%MexicoIT 8%Italy

Singapore
Austria
United Kingdom
Philippines
Canada
Hungary
Turkey
Ukraine
Israel
Denmark
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Norway
Poland
Hong Kong
South Africa
Russia

EPA-registered importers (4)

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

United Initiators Gmbh · DE Germany

Basf

United Initiators

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberCore 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 1 functional role.

•Intermediate in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.10/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$49.00 / 500 g

Purity97%

Vendors9 available

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

8 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.11	500 g	97%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.15	100 g	97%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.17	100 g	97%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$1.19	100 g	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$7.60	25 g	95%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$10.00	10 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	97%

Chemical Identity

CAS760-67-8

PubChem CID79103

DTXSIDDTXSID5027308

FormulaC8H15ClO

Mol. Weight162.66 g/mol

SMILESCCCCC(CC)C(=O)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5027308Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 79103Retrieved 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-Ethylhexanoyl chloride (CAS 760-67-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/760-67-8/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5027308. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5027308 PubChem: 79103. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/79103 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 760-67-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 760-67-8. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291590 for CAS 760-67-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/