3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one

CAS 79-89-0

EPA’s 2023 records show zero U.S. production of this chemical.

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$25M

Import volumeCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Top sourceGermany 36%

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. 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 291423 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291423, which covers 17 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).

DE 36%GermanyCN 29%ChinaCH 19%SwitzerlandES 9%SpainIN 6%India

Mexico
Italy
Brazil
Slovakia
United Kingdom

EPA-registered importers (3)

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

Basf

Henkel Us Operations

Why It Matters

Sectors

Consumer Products

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

•Fragrance in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS79-89-0

PubChem CID97996

DTXSIDDTXSID0052544

FormulaC14H22O

Mol. Weight206.32 g/mol

SMILESCC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)C=C(C)C(=O)C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID0052544Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 97996Retrieved 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

3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one (CAS 79-89-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/79-89-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0052544. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0052544 PubChem: 97996. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/97996 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 79-89-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 79-89-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291423 for CAS 79-89-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/