Lithium methoxide

CAS 865-34-9

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$103M

Import volumeZero

Top sourceGermany 46%

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 290519 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290519, which covers 122 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 46%GermanyMX 17%MexicoIN 11%IndiaCN 7%ChinaJP 3%Japan

Indonesia
Brazil
Canada
Singapore
Armenia
Slovakia
Argentina
Ukraine
Ireland
Netherlands
Hong Kong

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.

Livent Usa

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core 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

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.08/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$40.00 / 500 g

Purity99%

Vendors8 available

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

7 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$0.09	500 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.42	500 g	—
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.44	250 g	—
Angene International Limited	United States	$1.52	250 g	—
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$2.89	100 g	98%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$2.89	100 g	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	99%

Chemical Identity

CAS865-34-9

PubChem CID4177230

DTXSIDDTXSID00890529

FormulaCH3LiO

Mol. Weight38 g/mol

SMILES[Li+].C[O-]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID00890529Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 4177230Retrieved 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

Lithium methoxide (CAS 865-34-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/865-34-9/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID00890529. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID00890529 PubChem: 4177230. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/4177230 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 865-34-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 865-34-9. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290519 for CAS 865-34-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/