Benzoyl chloride

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

Molecular structure of 98-88-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$18M
Top SourceGermany 44%

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 291632 · exact

Source Countries
DE 44%GermanyMX 22%MexicoIN 16%IndiaPL 9%PolandBE 6%Belgium
EPA-registered importers (3)
Charkit Chemical
Lanxess
Nouryon Chemicals

Why It Matters

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

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 3 functional roles.

  • Insulators in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Polymerization promoter in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Vendor Pricing

$0.04/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$18.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors7 available

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

6 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.04500 g99%
Apollo Scientific UKUnited Kingdom$0.091 kg98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$0.25500 g95%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.29500 g98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.70500 g98%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS98-88-4
PubChem CID7412
DTXSIDDTXSID9026631
FormulaC7H5ClO
Mol. Weight140.56 g/mol
SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)Cl

Data Sources

DTXSID90266312026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

74122026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/7412/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/7412.json

98-88-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 98-88-42026-04-25

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

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