3-Pentanone

CAS 96-22-0

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

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$39M

Import volumeCBI

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

Top sourceChina 33%

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 291419 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 291419, which covers 131 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).

CN 33%ChinaDE 29%GermanyIN 26%IndiaGB 3%United KingdomJP 2%Japan

Netherlands
Italy
Brazil
South Africa
Turkey
Moldova
Canada
Armenia
Slovakia
Finland
Hong Kong
Mexico
Ukraine

EPA-registered importers (4)

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

Basf Se · DE Germany

Sumitomo Chemical · JP Japan

Basf

Sumitomo Chemical Advanced Technologies

Why It Matters

Sectors

ElectronicsCore 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 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

•Cleaning agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.04/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)

CountryGermany

Pack$295.54 / 8 kg

Purity99%

Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.04	8 kg	99%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	98%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.27	1 kg	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.28	1 kg	98%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.73	100 g	99%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$10.00	10 g	95%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2280.00	50 mg	95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS96-22-0

PubChem CID7288

DTXSIDDTXSID6021820

FormulaC5H10O

Mol. Weight86.13 g/mol

SMILESCCC(=O)CC

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID6021820Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7288Retrieved 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

3-Pentanone (CAS 96-22-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/96-22-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID6021820. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID6021820 PubChem: 7288. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7288 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 96-22-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 96-22-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291419 for CAS 96-22-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/