Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified. Important products of this industry include: (1) aliphatic and other acyclic organic chemicals, such as ethylene, butylene, and butadiene; acetic, chloroacetic, adipic, formic, oxalic, and tartaric acids and their metallic salts; chloral, formaldehyde, and methylamine; (2) solvents, such as amyl, butyl, and ethyl alcohols; methanol; amyl, butyl, and ethyl acetates; ethyl ether, ethylene glycol ether, and diethylene glycol ether; acetone, carbon disulfide and chlorinated solvents, such as carbon tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, and trichloroethylene; (3) polyhydric alcohols, such as ethylene glycol, sorbitol, pentaerythritol, synthetic glycerin; (4) synthetic perfume and flavoring materials, such as coumarin, methyl salicylate, saccharin, citral, citronellal, synthetic geraniol, ionone, terpineol, and synthetic vanillin; (5) rubber processing chemicals, such as accelerators and antioxidants, both cyclic and acyclic; (6) plasticizers, both cyclic and acyclic, such as esters of phosphoric acid, phthalic anhydride, adipic acid, lauric acid, oleic acid, sebacic acid, and stearic acid; (7) synthetic tanning agents, such as naphthalene sulfonic acid condensates; (8) chemical warfare gases; and (9) esters, amines, etc., of polyhydric alcohols and fatty and other acids. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plastics materials and nonvulcanizable elastomers are classified in Industry 2821; those manufacturing synthetic rubber are classified in Industry 2822; those manufacturing essential oils are classified in Industry 2899; those manufacturing wood distillation products, naval stores and natural dyeing and tanning materials are classified in Industry 2861; those manufacturing manmade textile fibers are classified in Industries 2823 and 2824; those manufacturing specialty cleaning, polishing, and sanitation preparations are classified in Industry 2842; those manufacturing paints are classified in Industry 2851; those manufacturing area are classified in Industry 2873; those manufacturing organic pigments are classified in Industry 2865; those manufacturing inorganic pigments are classified in Industry 2816 and those manufacturing aliphatics and aromatics as by-products of petroleum refining are classified in Industry 2911. Distilleries engaged in the manufacture of grain alcohol for beverage purposes are classified in Industry 2085.
| Acetaldehyde | High purity grade chemicals, organic: refined from technical grades |
| Acetates, except natural acetate of lime | Hydraulic fluids, synthetic base |
| Acetic acid, synthetic | Industrial organic cyclic compounds |
| Acetic anhydride | Ionone |
| Acetin | Isopropyl alcohol |
| Acetone, synthetic | Ketone methyl ethyl |
| Acid esters and amines | Ketone, methyl isobutyl |
| Acids, organic | Laboratory chemicals, organic |
| Acrolein | Lauric acid esters |
| Acrylonitrile | Lime citrate |
| Adipic acid | Malononitrile, technical grade |
| Adipic acid esters | Metallic salts of acyclic organic chemicals |
| Adiponitrile | Metallic stearate |
| Alcohol, aromatic | Methanol, synthetic (methyl alcohol) |
| Alcohol, fatty: powdered | Methyl chloride |
| Alcohol, methyl: synthetic (methanol) | Methyl perhydrofluorine |
| Alcohols, industrial: denatured (nonbeverage) | Methyl salicylate |
| Algin products | Methylamine |
| Amyl acetate and alcohol | Methylene chloride |
| Aspartome | Monochlorodifluoromethane |
| Bromochloromethane | Monomethylparaminophenol sulfate |
| Butadiene, made in chemical plants | Monosodium glutamate |
| Butyl acetate, alcohol, and propionate | Mustard gas |
| Butyl ester solution of 2, 4-D | Naphthalene sulfonic acid condensates |
| Butylene, made in chemical plants | Naphthenic acid soap |
| Calcium oxalate | Normal hexyl decalin |
| Camphor, synthetic | Nuclear fuels, organic |
| Caprolactam | Oleic acid esters |
| Carbon bisulfide (disulfide) | Organic acid esters |
| Carbon tetrachloride | Organic chemicals, acyclic |
| Casing fluids for curing fruits, spices, and tobacco | Oxalates |
| Cellulose acetate, unplasticized | Oxalic acid and metallic salts |
| Chemical warfare gases | Pentaerythritol |
| Chloral | Perchloroethylene |
| Chlorinated solvents | Perfume materials, synthetic |
| Chloroacetic acid and metallic salts | Phosgene |
| Chloroform | Phthalates |
| Chloropicrin | Plasticizers, organic: cyclic and acyclic |
| Citral | Polyhydric alcohol esters and amines |
| Citrates | Polyhydric alcohols |
| Citric acid | Potassium bitartrate |
| Citronellal | Propellants for missiles, solid: organic |
| Coumarin | Propylene glycol |
| Cream of tartar | Propylene, made in chemical plants |
| Cyclopropane | Quinuclidinol ester of benzylic acid |
| Decahydronaphthalene | Reagent grade chemicals, organic: refined from technical grades, except diagnostic and substances |
| Dichlorodifluoromethane | Rocket engine fuel, organic |
| Diethylcyclohexane (mixed isomers) | Rubber processing chemicals, organic: accelerators and antioxidants |
| Diethylene glycol ether | Saccharin |
| Dimethyl divinyl acetylene (di-isopropenyl acetylene) | Sebacic acid |
| Dimethylhydrazine, unsymmetrical | Silicones |
| Enzymes, except diagnostic substances | Sodium acetate |
| Esters of phosphoric, adipic, lauric, oleic, sebacic, and stearic acids | Sodium alginate |
| Esters of phthalic anhydride | Sodium benzoate |
| Ethanol, industrial | Sodium glutamate |
| Ether | Sodium pentachlorophenate |
| Ethyl acetate, synthetic | Sodium sulfoxalate formaldehyde |
| Ethyl alcohol, industrial (nonbeverage) | Solvents, organic |
| Ethyl butyrate | Sorbitol |
| Ethyl cellulose, unplasticized | Stearic acid salts |
| Ethyl chloride | Sulfonated naphthalene |
| Ethyl ether | Sweetners, synthetic |
| Ethyl formate | Tackifiers, organic |
| Ethyl nitrite | Tannic acid |
| Ethyl perhydrophenanthrene | Tanning agents, synthetic organic |
| Ethylene glycol | Tartaric acid and metallic salts |
| Ethylene glycol ether | Tartrates |
| Ethylene glycol, inhibited | Tear gas |
| Ethylene oxide | Terpineol |
| Ethylene, made in chemical plants | Tert-butylated bis (p-phenoxyphenyl) ether fluid |
| Fatty acid esters and amines | Tetrachloroethylene |
| Ferric ammonium oxalate | Tetraethyl lead |
| Flavors and flavoring materials, synthetic | Thioglycolic acid, for permanent wave lotions |
| Fluorinated hydrocarbon gases | Trichloroethylene |
| Formaldehyde (formalin) | Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
| Formic acid and metallic salts | Trichlorotrifluoroethane tetrachlorodifluoroethane isopropyl alcohol |
| Fuel propellants, solid: organic | Tricresyl phosphate |
| Fuels, high energy: organic | Tridecyl alcohol |
| Geraniol, synthetic | Trimethyltrithiophosphite (rocket propellants) |
| Glycerin, except from fats (synthetic) | Triphenyl phosphate |
| Grain alcohol, industrial (nonbeverage) | Vanillin, synthetic |
| Hexamethylenediamine | Vinyl acetate |
| Hexamethylenetetramine | |
| Codes |
Titles | Total Marketable US Businesses |
| 28690000 | Industrial organic chemicals, nec | 1,151 |
| 28690100 | Alcohols, non beverage | 29 |
| 28690101 | Alcohols, industrial: denatured (non-beverage) | 18 |
| 28690102 | Amyl alcohol | 1 |
| 28690103 | Butyl alcohol, butanol | 2 |
| 28690104 | Ethyl alcohol, ethanol | 252 |
| 28690105 | Ethylene glycols | 4 |
| 28690106 | Grain alcohol, industrial | 7 |
| 28690108 | Methyl alcohol, synthetic, methanol | 10 |
| 28690200 | Olefins | 12 |
| 28690201 | Ethylene | 15 |
| 28690202 | Propylene, butylene | 4 |
| 28690300 | Amines, acids, salts, esters | 14 |
| 28690301 | Acetates: amyl, butyl, and ethyl | 2 |
| 28690302 | Acetic and chloroacetic acid and metallic salts | 1 |
| 28690303 | Adipic acid and metallic salts | 0 |
| 28690305 | Esters of phthalic anhydride | 0 |
| 28690306 | Ethanolamines | 13 |
| 28690307 | Fatty acid esters, aminos, etc. | 13 |
| 28690311 | Oxalic acid and metallic salts | 1 |
| 28690312 | Phosphoric acid esters | 1 |
| 28690313 | Polyhydric alcohol esters, aminos, etc. | 1 |
| 28690316 | Tannic acid | 0 |
| 28690318 | Vinyl acetate | 3 |
| 28690400 | Fuels | 1,339 |
| 28690401 | Rocket engine fuel, organic | 7 |
| 28690500 | Perfumes, flavorings, and food additives | 55 |
| 28690501 | Flavors or flavoring materials, synthetic | 34 |
| 28690502 | Monosodium glutamate | 1 |
| 28690503 | Perfume materials, synthetic | 27 |
| 28690505 | Sorbitol | 0 |
| 28690506 | Sweeteners, synthetic | 25 |
| 28690507 | Vanillin, synthetic | 1 |
| 28690600 | Aldehydes and ketones | 1 |
| 28690602 | Acetone, synthetic | 1 |
| 28690603 | Formaldehyde (formalin) | 9 |
| 28690604 | Ketone: methyl ethyl and methyl isobutyl | 0 |
| 28699901 | Accelerators, rubber processing: cyclic or acyclic | 9 |
| 28699902 | Antioxidants, rubber processing: cyclic or acyclic | 4 |
| 28699903 | Butadiene (industrial organic chemical) | 8 |
| 28699904 | Camphor, synthetic | 0 |
| 28699905 | Carbon disulfide | 1 |
| 28699907 | Casing fluids for curing fruits, spices, tobacco, etc. | 1 |
| 28699908 | Chemical warfare gases: phosgene, mustard gas, tear gas | 5 |
| 28699910 | Chlorinated solvents | 0 |
| 28699911 | Chloroethylenes | 0 |
| 28699913 | DDT, technical | 6 |
| 28699914 | Embalming fluids | 9 |
| 28699915 | Enzymes | 64 |
| 28699916 | Ethers | 30 |
| 28699917 | Ethylene oxide | 2 |
| 28699918 | Fluorinated hydrocarbon gases | 8 |
| 28699919 | Freon | 14 |
| 28699920 | Glycerin | 6 |
| 28699921 | Glycol ethers | 4 |
| 28699922 | High purity grade chemicals, organic | 39 |
| 28699923 | Hydraulic fluids, synthetic base | 27 |
| 28699924 | Laboratory chemicals, organic | 156 |
| 28699926 | Plasticizers, organic: cyclic and acyclic | 15 |
| 28699927 | Silicones | 82 |
| 28699928 | Solvents, organic | 15 |
| 28699929 | Tanning agents, synthetic organic | 1 |
