Where Can I Find Affordable and High-Quality Chemical Vendors in the US?

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In summary, the person is in charge of purchasing chemicals for their university department and is looking for recommendations for good chemical vendors in the US. They mention knowing about basic vendors like Sigma, Fisher, Acros, Brandnu, Spectrum, JTBaker, and GFS, but are open to finding other vendors with good pricing and quality. Some suggestions given in the conversation include EMD for alcohol, VWR, Fisher, and Sigma Aldrich for a range of chemicals, and STREM, Lancaster, and Alfa Aesar for catalysts and ligands.
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I am in charge of purchasing chemicals for my department in the university and I was wondering if anybody knows any good chemical vendors in the US. I know the basic ones like Sigma, Fisher, Acros, Brandnu, Spectrum, JTBaker, and GFS, but I was wondering if there are other places that have decent pricing and quality for chemicals. Thank you in advance. :smile:
 
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I am in charge of purchasing chemicals for my department in the university and I was wondering if anybody knows any good chemical vendors in the US. I know the basic ones like Sigma, Fisher, Acros, Brandnu, Spectrum, JTBaker, and GFS, but I was wondering if there are other places that have decent pricing and quality for chemicals. Thank you in advance. :smile:

It really depends on what you need. For example , I order Alcohol from EMD. Some vendors are better than others with the quality of the chemicals and the relative pricing.
 
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VWR (also covers Merck, JT Baker & EMD range)
Fisher (also covers Acros)
Sigma Aldrich (also covers Fluka, Reidel de Haan)

in Canada

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For catalysts and ligands nothing beats STREM chemicals. They will also custom make stuff for you.

I also order a lot of stuff from Lancaster and Alfa Aesar.
 

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