1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, dinonyl ester

CAS 84-76-4

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

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$83M

Top sourceGermany 68%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291733 · narrow

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 291733, which covers 5 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 68%GermanyKR 13%South KoreaSE 8%SwedenTW 7%TaiwanCA 3%Canada

India
Netherlands
China
Belgium
Czech Republic
United Kingdom

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Teknor Apex

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & Rubber

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

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Plasticizer in Plastics Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
•Plasticizer in Custom Compounding of Purchased ResinsProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$1.16/gAK Scientific, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$582.00 / 500 g

Purity95%

Vendors7 available

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

6 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$1.35	100 g	95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$1.35	100 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$1.57	100 g	95%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$4.49	50 g	96%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$268.00	250 mg	—
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$276.00	250 mg	—

Chemical Identity

CAS84-76-4

PubChem CID6787

DTXSIDDTXSID9047966

FormulaC26H42O4

Mol. Weight418.6 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCCCCCOC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1C(=O)OCCCCCCCCC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9047966Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6787Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, dinonyl ester (CAS 84-76-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/84-76-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9047966. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9047966 PubChem: 6787. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6787 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 84-76-4. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 84-76-4. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291733 for CAS 84-76-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/