Triphenylborane

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

Molecular structure of 960-71-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$537M
Import VolumeZero
Top SourceChina 39%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293190 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 293190, which covers 164 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 39%ChinaDE 17%GermanyIT 9%ItalyIN 7%IndiaJP 7%Japan
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Koch Industries

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS960-71-4
PubChem CID70400
DTXSIDDTXSID6027345
FormulaC18H15B
Mol. Weight242.1 g/mol
SMILESB(C1=CC=CC=C1)(C2=CC=CC=C2)C3=CC=CC=C3

Data Sources

DTXSID60273452026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

704002026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/70400/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/70400.json

960-71-42026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 960-71-42026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv