2-Propenoic acid, 2-[2-(ethenyloxy)ethoxy]ethyl ester

CAS 86273-46-3

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

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$196M

Import volumeCBI

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

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. 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 Zero · 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.

Flint Group Packaging Inks North America Holdings

EPA-registered importers (5)

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

Inabata & · JP Japan

Mutoh Industries · JP Japan

Inabata America

Mutoh America

Toyo Ink America

Why It Matters

Sectors

Plastics & RubberPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals

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 3 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Monomers in Printing and Related Support ActivitiesProcessing—repackaging
•Monomers in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—repackaging
•Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.06/gA2B Chem LLC (1 week)

CountryUnited States

Pack$31.00 / 500 g

Purity95%

Vendors5 available

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

4 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS (1 week)	United States	$0.07	500 g	95%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.09	500 g	98%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.10	500 g	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS86273-46-3

PubChem CID23067259

DTXSIDDTXSID90888672

FormulaC9H14O4

Mol. Weight186.2 g/mol

SMILESC=CC(=O)OCCOCCOC=C

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID90888672Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 23067259Retrieved 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

2-Propenoic acid, 2-[2-(ethenyloxy)ethoxy]ethyl ester (CAS 86273-46-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/86273-46-3/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID90888672. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID90888672 PubChem: 23067259. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/23067259 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 86273-46-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 86273-46-3. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291612 for CAS 86273-46-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/