2-Hydroxypropyl 2-methylacrylate

CAS 923-26-2

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

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$257M

Import volumeCBI

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

Top sourceGermany 26%

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 291614 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291614, which covers 98 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 26%GermanyKR 17%South KoreaJP 12%JapanCN 9%ChinaSG 9%Singapore

Italy
Netherlands
United Arab Emirates
Belgium
Canada
Turkey
Switzerland
Mexico
Hungary
Austria
Poland
Spain

EPA-registered importers (1)

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

Icc Industries

Why It Matters

Sectors

Paints & Coatings

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

•Monomers in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.04/gBLD Pharmatech GmbH

CountryGermany

Pack$19.00 / 500 g

Purity97%

Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$0.04	1 kg	98%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$0.04	500 g	98%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.04	500 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	95%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$573.00	1 g	95%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$577.00	1 g	95%
AA BLOCKS (2 weeks)	United States	$704.00	1 g	95%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$752.00	1 g	95%
A2B Chem LLC (2 weeks)	United States	$820.00	1 g	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS923-26-2

PubChem CID13539

DTXSIDDTXSID1029629

FormulaC7H12O3

Mol. Weight144.17 g/mol

SMILESCC(COC(=O)C(=C)C)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1029629Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 13539Retrieved 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-Hydroxypropyl 2-methylacrylate (CAS 923-26-2) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/923-26-2/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1029629. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1029629 PubChem: 13539. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/13539 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 923-26-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 923-26-2. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291614 for CAS 923-26-2. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/