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2-Aminobenzamide

CAS 88-68-6

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

Molecular structure of 88-68-6
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$872M
Top sourceSwitzerland 44%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 292429 · basket

EPA reports by year
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 292429, which covers 203 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CH 44%SwitzerlandCN 19%ChinaIN 12%IndiaJP 9%JapanIE 6%Ireland
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)
Pmc Global
Polyone

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberTextiles
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

  • •Pigment in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (15%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.04/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$186.00 / 5 kg
Purity98%
Vendors33 available

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

32 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.045 kg98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.041 kg98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.061 kg98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.061 kg—
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.071 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.071 kg98%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.081 kg—
Angene International LimitedUnited States$0.10500 g98%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.111 kg98%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.111 kg98%
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.12100 g98%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.13100 g98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.141 kg95%
SynthonixUnited States$0.22100 g95%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg98%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.25500 g98%
Apollo Scientific USUnited Kingdom$0.30100 g98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.43100 g98%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.43100 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.67100 g98%
AstaTech, IncUnited States$3.0825 g95%
AldlabUnited States$6.08500 mg95%
HTS Biochemie InnovationenGermany$170.005 g95%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$2060.00100 mg95%
SpecsNetherlands$2129.60100 mg90%
Key Organics Ltd.United Kingdom$2740.0050 mg95%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)United States$2900.00100 mg90%
Vitas M Chemical LimitedHong Kong$3170.00100 mg90%
ChemDiv, Inc.United States$4070.00100 mg90%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS88-68-6
PubChem CID6942
DTXSIDDTXSID2021789
FormulaC7H8N2O
Mol. Weight136.15 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C(=C1)C(=O)N)N

Data Sources

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Brief citations

2-Aminobenzamide (CAS 88-68-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/88-68-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID2021789. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID2021789 PubChem: 6942. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6942 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 88-68-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 88-68-6. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 292429 for CAS 88-68-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/