# Methanol and Small-molecule APIs

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/methanol-and-small-molecule-apis/

[Methanol](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/methanol/) (chemical) and [Small-molecule APIs](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/apis/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: solvent cost

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

API synthesis uses large volumes of solvents such as methanol, acetone and toluene, often recovered and reused. Against the organic chemicals proxy, monthly moves correlate at -0.01 and yearly at 0.15, as solvents are a modest cost.

- **-0.01** monthly change correlation
- **0.15** 12-month change correlation
- **0.44** fitted elasticity

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