2-tert-Butylphenol

CAS 88-18-6

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$33M

Top sourceGermany 29%

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 290719 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 290719, which covers 116 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 29%GermanyIN 26%IndiaCN 19%ChinaIT 9%ItalyCH 5%Switzerland

Mexico
Poland
South Korea
Canada
Russia
Ukraine
Hong Kong
Malaysia
United Kingdom

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.

Si Group

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

Used in 1 sector as 2 functional roles.

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Monomers 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

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.60	100 g	98%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.84	100 g	99%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$1.20	25 g	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$1.20	25 g	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$1.49	25 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS88-18-6

PubChem CID6923

DTXSIDDTXSID2026525

FormulaC10H14O

Mol. Weight150.22 g/mol

SMILESCC(C)(C)C1=CC=CC=C1O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID2026525Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 6923Retrieved 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-tert-Butylphenol (CAS 88-18-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/88-18-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2026525. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2026525 PubChem: 6923. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6923 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 88-18-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 88-18-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290719 for CAS 88-18-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/