2-tert-Butylphenol

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

Molecular structure of 88-18-6
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$33M
Top SourceGermany 29%

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 290719 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 290719, which covers 41 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 29%GermanyIN 26%IndiaCN 19%ChinaIT 9%ItalyCH 5%Switzerland
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Si Group
EPA-registered importers (1)
Innospec

Why It Matters

Sectors
EnergyPlastics & RubberCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Fuels and fuel additives in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.05/gALFA AESAR
CountryGermany
Pack$108.00 / 2 kg
Purity99%
Vendors7 available

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

6 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.60100 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.84100 g99%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$1.2025 g98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$1.2025 g98%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$1.4925 g95%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS88-18-6
PubChem CID6923
DTXSIDDTXSID2026525
FormulaC10H14O
Mol. Weight150.22 g/mol
SMILESCC(C)(C)C1=CC=CC=C1O

Data Sources

DTXSID20265252026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

69232026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6923/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6923.json

88-18-62026-04-24

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

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

CAS 88-18-62026-04-25

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

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