1,1'-(1,3-Phenylenedicarbonyl)bis[2-methylaziridine]

CAS 7652-64-4

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$1.4B

Import volumeZero

Top sourceIreland 33%

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 293399 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 293399, which covers 518 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).

IE 33%IrelandCN 26%ChinaIN 11%IndiaDE 9%GermanyIT 4%Italy

Taiwan
Poland
Canada
Ivory Coast
Greece
Hungary
Indonesia
Latvia
Belgium
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Austria
Netherlands
Finland
Denmark
Croatia
Australia
South Africa
Sweden
Hong Kong
Malta
Singapore
Lithuania
Malaysia
Oman
Serbia

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

DefenseConstruction

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.

•Polymerization promoter in Adhesive ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Binder in Explosives ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS7652-64-4

PubChem CID24301

DTXSIDDTXSID4052508

FormulaC14H16N2O2

Mol. Weight244.29 g/mol

SMILESCC1CN1C(=O)C2=CC(=CC=C2)C(=O)N3CC3C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID4052508Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 24301Retrieved 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

1,1'-(1,3-Phenylenedicarbonyl)bis[2-methylaziridine] (CAS 7652-64-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7652-64-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4052508. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4052508 PubChem: 24301. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24301 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7652-64-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 7652-64-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 293399 for CAS 7652-64-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/