o-Terphenyl

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

Molecular structure of 84-15-1
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$68M
Top SourceIndia 35%

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 290290 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290290, which covers 63 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IN 35%IndiaTW 11%TaiwanES 10%SpainDE 10%GermanyCN 8%China

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Heat transferring agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities

Vendor Pricing

$0.25/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$125.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors16 available

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

15 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$0.25500 g99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.48500 g98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.50100 g99%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.55500 g99%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.6925 g95%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.8025 g98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.89100 g97%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.90500 g99%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$1.72100 g97%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$1.84100 g99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$1.84100 g99%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$3.8025 g95%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Maybridge, Ltd.United Kingdom$2414.30100 mg90%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg99%

Chemical Identity

CAS84-15-1
PubChem CID6766
DTXSIDDTXSID1049697
FormulaC18H14
Mol. Weight230.3 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C2=CC=CC=C2C3=CC=CC=C3

Data Sources

DTXSID10496972026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

67662026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6766/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6766.json

84-15-12026-04-24

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

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

CAS 84-15-12026-04-25

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

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