Benzoyl chloride

CAS 98-88-4

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$18M

Top sourceGermany 44%

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.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291632 · exact

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

DE 44%GermanyMX 22%MexicoIN 16%IndiaPL 9%PolandBE 6%Belgium

Canada
Italy
Turkey
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Spain

EPA-registered importers (4)

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

United Initiators Gmbh · DE Germany

Lanxess

Special Materials

United Initiators

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthPlastics & RubberTextilesConsumer Products

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 5 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Intermediate in Synthetic Dye and Pigment ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
•Intermediate in Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
•Polymerization promoter in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•CBI in CBICBI
•Intermediate in Plastics Product 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

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.04	500 g	99%
Apollo Scientific UK	United Kingdom	$0.09	1 kg	98%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.25	500 g	95%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.29	500 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.70	500 g	98%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%

Chemical Identity

CAS98-88-4

PubChem CID7412

DTXSIDDTXSID9026631

FormulaC7H5ClO

Mol. Weight140.56 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)Cl

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID9026631Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 7412Retrieved 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

Benzoyl chloride (CAS 98-88-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/98-88-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID9026631. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID9026631 PubChem: 7412. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7412 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 98-88-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 98-88-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 291632 for CAS 98-88-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/