Manufacturer of monochloroacetic acid (MCA) — Hyderabad, India
Pharma-grade monochloroacetic acid, made in Telangana
LVK Pharma Pvt. Ltd. is a Hyderabad-based manufacturer of monochloroacetic acid (MCA, CAS 79-11-8) with a 200 MT/month plant at Choutuppal, Telangana. It produces a pharmaceutical grade with dichloroacetic acid (DCA) at or below 0.2 % for API and intermediate manufacturers, and supplies CMC, surfactant and agrochemical producers in India and export markets.
Product
Monochloroacetic acid
ClCH₂COOH · 94.50 g/mol
- CAS79-11-8
- EC201-178-4
- HS2915.40
- UN1751 / 3250
- Capacity
- 200 MT / month
- Pharma grade
- DCA ≤ 0.2 %
At a glance
A single-product plant, run for pharmaceutical buyers
LVK Pharma Pvt. Ltd. makes one thing: monochloroacetic acid. The Choutuppal plant produces 200 MT / month for API and intermediate manufacturers, and supplying API and intermediate manufacturers in the Hyderabad pharma cluster, with capacity available for export buyers.
MCA is priced like a commodity but bought like a specialty: what a pharmaceutical customer pays for is the impurity profile — above all the dichloroacetic acid that forms alongside MCA during chlorination. LVK runs and releases every lot against a DCA limit of 0.2 %.
Why LVK
What an MCA buyer gets
01
A pharmaceutical specification
Pharma grade released at DCA ≤ 0.2 % on every lot, with a lot-wise Certificate of Analysis. Method of analysis shared under NDA for method transfer.
02
Dedicated capacity
200 MT / month from a single-product plant — no campaign scheduling against other chemistries, and volume available for export contracts.
03
Export-ready documentation
COA, TDS, GHS/CLP SDS, certificate of origin and dangerous-goods declarations issued per shipment; supplier questionnaires completed for vendor qualification.
Applications
One molecule, five industries
Pharmaceutical intermediates & APIs
Glycine (pharma grade) · Chloroacetyl chloride → lidocaine-type local anaesthetics · Carbocisteine (mucolytic)
Pharma grade — DCA ≤ 0.2 %
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)
Technical CMC (detergents, paper, ceramics) · Food-grade CMC (E466) · Pharma-grade carmellose / croscarmellose sodium
Technical or pharma grade depending on the CMC grade produced
Surfactants & betaines
Cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB) · Betaine (trimethylglycine) · Ether carboxylic acids
Technical grade; SMCA is often the preferred form
Agrochemicals
2,4-D and MCPA · Chloroacetamide herbicides · Dimethoate
Technical grade
Thioglycolic acid & sulfur chemistry
Thioglycolic acid · Ammonium / potassium thioglycolate · 2-Ethylhexyl thioglycolate (PVC stabilisers)
Technical or high-purity grade
Glycine, glycolic acid & other derivatives
Glycine · Glycolic acid · Cyanoacetic acid → ethyl cyanoacetate
Pharma grade for glycine and cosmetic uses
Quality & compliance
Built around one number: DCA ≤ 0.2 %
- Impurity control at the reactor
- Dichloroacetic acid forms alongside MCA during chlorination. Keeping it at or below 0.2 % is a matter of reaction control and separation, not blending — so every lot is tested for DCA before release.
- Lot-wise Certificate of Analysis
- Each lot ships with a COA stating the tested values against the agreed specification. Retained samples are kept for the shelf-life period.
- Moisture and handling
- MCA is hygroscopic and corrosive. Packing, sealing and storage are managed to keep moisture pick-up low between the plant and the customer's reactor.
- Change control and traceability
- Raw-material lots, batch records and COAs are traceable from the customer's lot number back to the acetic acid and chlorine inputs.
Buying MCA for the US, EU, Southeast Asia or the Middle East?
Send your grade, quantity, packaging, Incoterm and destination port. We reply with a specification, pricing basis and the document pack.
FAQ
Quick answers
- What is monochloroacetic acid?
- Monochloroacetic acid (MCA, chloroacetic acid, ClCH₂COOH, CAS 79-11-8) is acetic acid with one hydrogen replaced by chlorine. It is a hygroscopic crystalline solid (melting point 61–63 °C) used as a chemical building block for pharmaceutical intermediates, carboxymethyl cellulose, betaine surfactants, phenoxy herbicides, thioglycolic acid and glycine. LVK Pharma manufactures MCA in a pharmaceutical grade at Choutuppal, Telangana, India.
- What is the difference between pharma-grade and technical-grade MCA?
- The main difference is the dichloroacetic acid (DCA) content. DCA forms during chlorination and carries through many syntheses as an impurity, so pharmaceutical customers specify a low limit, while CMC, surfactant and agrochemical producers can accept more. LVK Pharma's pharma grade is released at DCA ≤ 0.2 %; whether a technical grade or a higher-purity export grade is offered is confirmed per enquiry through the RFQ form.
- Does LVK Pharma export monochloroacetic acid?
- LVK Pharma supplies pharmaceutical manufacturers in India and offers monochloroacetic acid to export buyers in the United States, European Union, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, with the export document pack and dangerous-goods logistics an importer needs. Incoterms, ports of loading, lead times and minimum order quantities are quoted per enquiry: send the grade, quantity, packaging, Incoterm and destination port through the RFQ form on the Export page.
- What is LVK Pharma's production capacity for monochloroacetic acid?
- LVK Pharma's Choutuppal plant has a capacity of 200 metric tonnes of monochloroacetic acid per month, dedicated to this one product rather than campaigned between chemistries. That allows the plant to be run and released against the impurity profile pharmaceutical buyers need — dichloroacetic acid at or below 0.2 % — and to reserve volume for recurring export contracts. Availability for a specific quantity is confirmed with the quotation.
- How do I request a quote or a sample of monochloroacetic acid?
- Use the RFQ form on the Export page: it asks for the grade, purity or DCA specification, form, quantity per month, packaging, Incoterm, destination port, target date and the documents you need, and goes to LVK Pharma's export desk at info@lvkpharma.com. Sample availability, size and freight terms are confirmed per enquiry. For documents only (TDS, SDS, sample COA, questionnaire), use the contact form.