4-tert-Butylcyclohexyl prop-2-enoate

CAS 84100-23-2

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$196M

Top sourceSouth Korea 24%

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. US production volume is confidential. 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 291612 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291612, which covers 92 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).

KR 24%South KoreaTW 17%TaiwanZA 14%South AfricaIT 13%ItalyJP 12%Japan

United Kingdom
Hungary
Singapore
Saudi Arabia
Netherlands
Switzerland
Spain
Malaysia
Canada
Lithuania
India
Mexico
Denmark

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Arkema

EPA-registered importers (4)

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

Aalborz Chemical

Basf

Miwon North America

Why It Matters

Sectors

Paints & CoatingsPaper & Printing

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 3 functional roles.

•Photosensitive chemicals in Printing Ink Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Monomers in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Stabilizing agent in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
•Monomers in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$1.49/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$149.00 / 100 g

Purity92%

Vendors8 available

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

7 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$1.59	100 g	92%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$6.28	25 g	92%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$7.68	25 g	92%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$7.76	25 g	92%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$7.80	25 g	92%
Angene International Limited	United States	$11.08	25 g	92%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	92%

Chemical Identity

CAS84100-23-2

PubChem CID688322

DTXSIDDTXSID001004378

FormulaC13H22O2

Mol. Weight210.31 g/mol

SMILESCC(C)(C)C1CCC(CC1)OC(=O)C=C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID001004378Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 688322Retrieved 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

4-tert-Butylcyclohexyl prop-2-enoate (CAS 84100-23-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/84100-23-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID001004378. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID001004378 PubChem: 688322. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/688322 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 84100-23-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 84100-23-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291612 for CAS 84100-23-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/