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Chemical Suppliers and Catalogs

• Acros Organics  This site provides a catalog searchable by name, mol. formula and CAS Registry Number. Records contain physical data, availability and links to MSDS.
• Advertised Product Information Network
• Aldrich Chemical - See Sigma-Aldrich below.
• Alfa Aesar  This site provides contact information for the Alfa Aesar division of Johnson Matthey. An online catalog of products is available, indexed by name and CAS Registry Number. Product records provide basic physical property data, and sometimes background information.
• Argus Chemicals  Argus Chemicals is a rare & fine chemicals firm specializing in amines, organophosphorus and organoarsenic compounds and reagents for asymmetric synthesis. The site includes a browsable partial catalog.
• ASINEX  "Supplier of new organic molecules for pharmaceutical, biotech and agrochemical research and development projects." Provides access to their databases via downloads.
• BASF Corporation  This site includes browsable and searchable catalogs of BASF's wide range of chemical products. European users may wish to go to their German site.
• BCN Chemicals, Inc.  This site has a searchable catalog of BCN products.
• Buyers Guide ChemDirectory of chemicals and chemical suppliers.
• Calgon Corporation
• Chem.com  List of Chemical company catalogs
• Chemcyclopedia 2002  This annual ACS publication provides searchable and browsable lists of various categories of commercially available chemicals from hundreds of companies, with links to manufacturer contact information. No prices or links to manufacturers home pages are given.
• ChemExper  This site provides a searchable catalog of chemicals from over twenty different chemical companies, searchable by name, molecular formula and CAS Registry Number. Records include basic physical data, availability information and MSDS from the U. of Utah database.
• ChemExpo - Virtual Trade Show  This site contains a large searchable list of chemical companies and their products, with contact information for the companies, as well as a chemical industry news section.
• Chemical Industry Directories and Buyers' Guides  Developed by the Library of Congress - list of sources for locating chemical industry directories and buyers' guides.
• ChemIndustry.com  Chemical Name Synonyms finder.
• Chemistry Sites at Commercial Organizations
• ChemSources (Choose the "Search" button).
• Dojindo Laboratories  This site includes browsable and searchable catalogs of Dojindo's collection of bioscience and analytical reagents, as well as MSDS for all their products.
• Dow Chemical Co.  Catalog searchable by product and by industry.
• DuPont Company  Search by Product Family.
• Eastman Chemicals   This site includes contact and employment opportunities information. Products can be searched by categories including chemicals, polymers, brands, markets, and processes. Product information is limited.
• Fisher Scientific, Internet Catalog  The Fisher chemical catalog is searchable, and Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are available online linked to the catalog record.
• Fluka Specialty Chemicals and Analytical Reagents   "Product range comprises chemical and reagents for analytical, organic and bichemical research, as well as intermediates for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry." Product lines include "speciality groups like peptide synthesis, enzymes for organic chemistry, fluorescent markers, reagents for trace analysis and reference materials." Website provides access to an online version of the product catalog. Requires registration to gain access to price information.
• General Electric (GE) Plastics
• Genentech
• Hoechst AG
• J.M. Huber Co.  J.M. Huber is principally a manufacturer of silicas, silicates and clays.
• LabGuide Online "Comprehensive online source for analytical instruments, laboratory products, chemicals, equipment, services and supplies."
• Lancaster Synthesis  Lancaster's web site includes contact and order information. The company's searchable catalog is also located at this site which provides CAS Registry Numbers, molecular formula and weight and a variety of physical data.
• Maybridge  "Maybridge HTS collection consists of over 53,000 organic drug-like compounds." Access to the product catalog requires registration.
• Merck
• Molecular Probes
• Newport Optics
• Oakwood Research Chemicals   Specializing in organic synthons and fluorochemicals. Searchable catalog available.
• Pilot Chemical Co.  Pilot Chemical is a custom surfactants manufacturer.
• R&D Chemicals "R&D Chemicals is a common and freely accessible chemicals catalog and directory of suppliers of products and services for research and development over the internet."
• Riedel-de Haen Laboratory Chemicals  The product range includes high pure hydrofluoric acids, technical preservatives, fluorescent pigments, photographic dyes and laboratory chemicals. Products are ordered through Sigma-Aldrich.
• Rohm and Haas Company
• Sandoz  "Precision spheres for optical and industrial applications."
• SciQuest  SciQuest provides a searchable and browsable collection of links to a vast number of chemical and equipment suppliers. Users may enter as guests, or register as members free of charge.
• Sigma-Aldrich Research   Sigma-Aldrich Chemical's web site features crudely searchable separate catalogs for Sigma, Aldrich and Fluka. It also has information on Sigma's biochemical lines and SAF bulk chemicals, product information sheets for Sigma chemicals and the full text of recent issues of Aldrichimica Acta.
• Spectrum Chemicals
• Steraloids  New online catalog searchable by CAS Number, chemical formula, compound name, trivial name, and molecular weight.
• Sumitomo
• Supelco Chromatography Products  Specializes in gas chromatography packings, columns, and accessories, liquid chromatography packings, columns and accessories, sample preparation products, and chemical reference standards and reagents. Searchable catalog available through Sigma-Aldrich.
• TeleChem International
• TCI America  Specializes in specialty organic chemicals. The catalog is searchable by Name, CAS registry number, Chemical formula, Catalog number.
• Thomas Regional  Finding aid for chemical companies.
• United Chemical Technologies, Inc.
• VWR International
• WWW Chemicals  This web site provides a searchable chemical catalog for over twenty different chemical suppliers. The catalogs may be searched by individual company as well. There are also links to a variety of other useful information.