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

Molecular structure of 98-01-1
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$20M
Top SourceSouth Africa 69%

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 293212 · exact

Source Countries
ZA 69%South AfricaAT 22%AustriaCN 7%ChinaKE 1%KenyaNL 1%Netherlands
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Dynachem

Why It Matters

Sectors
EnergyPlastics & RubberCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • Monomers in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—repackaging
  • Hardener in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.02/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)
CountryGermany
Pack$580.09 / 25 kg
Purity98%
Vendors10 available

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

9 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.0225 kg98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.03500 g99%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.04500 g99%
ALFA AESARGermany$0.14250 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.17500 g98%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Otava, Ltd.Ukraine$460.00250 mg95%
AsinexNetherlands$6461.40100 mg90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)United States$32000.0015 mg94%

Chemical Identity

CAS98-01-1
PubChem CID7362
DTXSIDDTXSID1020647
FormulaC5H4O2
Mol. Weight96.08 g/mol
SMILESC1=COC(=C1)C=O

Data Sources

DTXSID10206472026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

73622026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7362/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7362.json

98-01-12026-04-24

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

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

CAS 98-01-12026-04-25

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

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