Rubidium chloride

Drug ingredient

CAS 7791-11-9

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

ClRb120.9 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$99M

Top sourceCanada 27%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 282739 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 282739, which covers 44 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).

CA 27%CanadaDE 16%GermanyAR 10%ArgentinaGB 10%United KingdomIT 7%Italy

Israel
Taiwan
Lithuania
Singapore
Malaysia
Turkey
Switzerland
Colombia
Mexico
New Zealand
Ireland
Greece
Russia
Australia
Austria
Poland
Denmark

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Rubidium Muriaticum

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

Chemical Identity

CAS7791-11-9

PubChem CID62683

DTXSIDDTXSID5064881

FormulaClRb

Mol. Weight120.92 g/mol

SMILES[Cl-].[Rb+]

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 62683Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-24
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Rubidium chloride (CAS 7791-11-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7791-11-9/ PubChem: 62683. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/62683 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 7791-11-9. Retrieved 2026-04-24. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 282739 for CAS 7791-11-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/