Methylcyclopentane

CAS 96-37-7

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$90M

Import volume8.7M lb

Top sourceJapan 21%

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 290219 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports 8.7M lb
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 290219, which covers 108 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).

JP 21%JapanBR 12%BrazilTW 12%TaiwanKR 11%South KoreaDE 9%Germany

Russia
United Kingdom
Indonesia
South Africa
Ukraine
Madagascar
Hungary
Hong Kong
Czech Republic
Israel

EPA-registered manufacturers (6)

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

Sasol · ZA South Africa

Shell Plc · GB United Kingdom

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Sasol Chemicals (Usa)

Shell Petroleum

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Trafigura Trading

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyMetals & MiningPlastics & Rubber

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 3 sectors as 4 functional roles.

•Intermediate in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (20%)Processing as a reactant
•Fuel in Other (70%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Fuel agents in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.96/gCombi-Blocks, Inc.

CountryUnited States

Pack$480.00 / 500 g

Purity96%

Vendors4 available

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

3 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$1.02	500 g	96%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$1.08	500 g	96%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS96-37-7

PubChem CID7296

DTXSIDDTXSID3025590

FormulaC6H12

Mol. Weight84.16 g/mol

SMILESCC1CCCC1

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3025590Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7296Retrieved 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

Methylcyclopentane (CAS 96-37-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/96-37-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3025590. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3025590 PubChem: 7296. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7296 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 96-37-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 96-37-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290219 for CAS 96-37-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/