Benjamin Wiley @prof_wiley

Prof at Duke Chemistry wileylab.org Durham, NC Joined March 2013

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An ingredient used in soaps, cleaning products, and toiletries sells for $489 per gram, 5.1 times the price of gold. Hexadecyl(dimethyl)amine oxide is a surfactant. It helps water wet oily surfaces, so soaps and cleaners can lift grime instead of beading up around it. That matters because the active ingredients in a cleaner have to reach the surface before they can do useful work. A2B Chem LLC in the US sells 1 gram for $489. AA BLOCKS in the US sells 1 gram for $529. This is one of 838 molecules selling today for more than gold per gram. Here's the list:

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The blue dye used to color synthetic clothing sells for $1,288 per gram, 13.6 times the price of gold. Disperse Blue 373 is a dye. Textile manufacturers use it when synthetic fabric needs a stable blue color. That turns a shirt color into a high-price chemical market. AA BLOCKS in the United States sells it for $1,288 for 1 gram. A2B Chem in San Diego, United States, lists Disperse Blue 373 at a discounted $1,215 for 1 gram. This is one of 838 molecules selling today for more than gold per gram. Here's the list:

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A sunscreen ingredient that helps block sunlight sells for $1,954 per gram, 20.6 times the price of gold. 3-benzylidene camphor absorbs the part of sunlight that burns skin. That makes it useful to sunscreen researchers comparing which filters stay stable in a lotion. AA BLOCKS in the US sells 500 milligrams for $977. Aaron Chemicals LLC in Hong Kong sells 500 milligrams for $1,161. This is one of 920 molecules selling today for more than gold per gram. Here's the list:

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A chemical in antiviral medication sells for $2,503 per gram, 26 times the price of gold. Doravirine helps stop HIV from copying itself inside the body. That makes it useful in long-term treatment, where the same molecule has to work for years. Merck and other drugmakers use it in antiviral tablets. Angene Chemical in Hong Kong sells 1 gram for $2,503. Ambeed in the United States sells 250 milligrams for $795. This is one of 838 molecules selling today for more than gold per gram. Here's the list:

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A chemical used in printing inks and ordinary coated goods sells for $386 per gram, 4.1 times the price of gold. The molecule helps oily ingredients spread, lubricate, and stay blended. That matters in inks, coatings, and metalworking fluids where flow decides whether a product works cleanly. AA BLOCKS in the US lists 1 gram for $386. Aaron Chemicals LLC in Hong Kong lists 1 gram for $409. This is one of 838 molecules selling today for more than gold per gram. Here's the list:

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@Zhibin992 I’m more of a silicone based lubricant guy, not into those water based ones

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A fatty acid found in macadamia nuts and dairy fat sells for $656 per gram, 7 times the price of gold. Myristoleic acid is an unsaturated fat. Companies use it to make lubricants, products that help liquids spread, paper finishes, adhesives, and agricultural products. The expensive version is the purified chemical rather than the food fat. Aaron Chemicals LLC in Hong Kong lists myristoleic acid at $164 for 250 milligrams. AA BLOCKS in the US lists it at $986 for 1 gram. This is one of 838 molecules selling today for more than gold per gram. Here's the list:

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@Rory_Johnston Good one that’s funny

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An orange pigment used in printing inks, paints, and plastic products sells for $1,288 per gram, 14 times the price of gold. Pigment Orange 16 gives manufacturers a stable reddish-orange color. Ink, paint, and plastics makers use it when orange has to survive mixing and heat instead of bleeding or fading. AA Blocks in the United States sells 1 gram for $1,288. abcr in Karlsruhe, Germany lists 1 gram at $328.49 after currency conversion. This is one of 838 molecules selling today for more than gold per gram. Here's the list:

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A forever chemical used in contaminated water testing sells for $2,472 per gram, 26 times the price of gold. Potassium perfluoroheptanesulfonate is the salt form of perfluoroheptanesulfonate, one of the forever chemicals monitored in water studies. A known sample gives labs a target when they compare trace readings from drinking water or groundwater. AA Blocks in the US lists 250 milligrams for $618. SynQuest Laboratories in Alachua, Florida, US, sells 100 milligrams for $250. This is one of 838 molecules selling today for more than gold per gram. Here's the list:

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A chemical in pills for tumor-related diarrhea sells for $2,502 per gram, 26 times the price of gold. Telotristat ethyl lowers serotonin production in the gut. Some tumors push the body to make too much of it, and the result can be diarrhea that does not stop with ordinary care. This drug helps turn down that source. Molnova in China sells 500 milligrams for $1,251. Fisher Scientific in the US lists MedChemExpress telotristat ethyl at $155.04 for 10 milligrams. This is one of 838 molecules selling today for more than gold per gram. Here's the list: