2,3-Dimethylbutane

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 79-29-8
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$917M
Top SourceCanada 95%

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 290110 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290110, which covers 24 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CA 95%CanadaDE 2%GermanyBR 1%BrazilKR 1%South Korea
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Chevron
EPA-registered importers (1)
The Sherwin Williams

Why It Matters

Sectors
FoodEnergy
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • •Intermediate in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Anti-adhesive/cohesive in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
  • •Solvent in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities

Vendor Pricing

$1.44/gCombi-Blocks, Inc.
CountryUnited States
Pack$720.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors5 available

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

4 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
ALFA AESARGermany$1.45100 g99%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$1.53500 g98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$1.61500 g98%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS79-29-8
PubChem CID6589
DTXSIDDTXSID9025112
FormulaC6H14
Mol. Weight86.18 g/mol
SMILESCC(C)C(C)C

Data Sources

DTXSID90251122026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

65892026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6589/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6589.json

79-29-82026-04-24

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

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

CAS 79-29-82026-04-25

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

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

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