4,4'-Dichlorodiphenyl sulfone

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

Molecular structure of 80-07-9
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$760M
Top SourceChina 33%

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 293090 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 293090, which covers 111 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 33%ChinaES 14%SpainCH 9%SwitzerlandIT 7%ItalyIN 7%India
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Solvay
EPA-registered importers (3)
3M
Solvay
Vertellus

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & Rubber
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • Process regulators in Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (10%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$8.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors26 available

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

25 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.02500 g98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.041 kg98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.051 kg98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.051 kg
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.061 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.061 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.061 kg98%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.061 kg98%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.07500 g98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.10500 g97%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.10100 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.15500 g99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
Apollo Scientific USUnited Kingdom$0.27500 g99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.29500 g98%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.29500 g98%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.31500 g99%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$0.99100 g95%
Vitas M Chemical LimitedHong Kong$81.605 g90%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
SpecsNetherlands$1694.0020 mg90%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)United States$2900.00100 mg90%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg99%
ChemDiv, Inc.United States$4875.0080 mg90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS80-07-9
PubChem CID6625
DTXSIDDTXSID9024986
FormulaC12H8Cl2O2S
Mol. Weight287.2 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC(=CC=C1S(=O)(=O)C2=CC=C(C=C2)Cl)Cl

Data Sources

DTXSID90249862026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

66252026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6625/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6625.json

80-07-92026-04-24

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

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

CAS 80-07-92026-04-25

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

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