Butyl methacrylate

Drug ingredient

CAS 97-88-1

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 97-88-1
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$257M
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. 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 291614 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · 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
DE 26%GermanyKR 17%South KoreaJP 12%JapanCN 9%ChinaSG 9%Singapore
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Dow Chemical
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (7)
American River Brokerage
Covestro
Icc Industries
Kh Chemicals Na
Nordmann Us
EPA-registered importers (8)
Compagnie De Saint Gobain · FR France
Mitsubishi Chemical Group · JP Japan
Samsung C&T · KR South Korea
Mitsubishi Chemical America
Saint Gobain

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Industriox
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 7 sectors as 4 functional roles.

  • •Monomers in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Monomers in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
  • •Binder in Printing Ink ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in Paint and Coating ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Monomers in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Filler in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Monomers in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—repackaging
  • •Monomers in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Processing—incorporation into article

Vendor Pricing

$0.25/gCombi-Blocks, Inc.
CountryUnited States
Pack$250.00 / 1 kg
Purity98%
Vendors9 available

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

Chemical Identity

CAS97-88-1
PubChem CID7354
DTXSIDDTXSID4024696
FormulaC8H14O2
Mol. Weight142.2 g/mol
SMILESCCCCOC(=O)C(=C)C

Data Sources

Brief citations

Butyl methacrylate (CAS 97-88-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/97-88-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID4024696. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID4024696 PubChem: 7354. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7354 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 97-88-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 97-88-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291614 for CAS 97-88-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/