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Pentaerythritol, and a Supplier

Kalium - 27-6-2012 at 00:05

There is a Japanese reagent store on eBay that lists many useful items, located here:
http://myworld.ebay.com/reagent_shop/?_trksid=p4340.l2559

I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with them and if they are of any use. Specifically I am looking to buy 500g of pentaerythritol, located here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pentaerythritol-500g-Laboratory-Reag...

As far as I know it's not listed as a drug precursor so there shouldn't be any problems with shipping, although one of the possible uses of PE may arouse suspicion. Has anyone here purchased similar items online?

hyfalcon - 27-6-2012 at 04:18

I just bought a 500g bottle of Hydroxylamine HCl from them. Item arrived in an timely manor considering it came half way around the world. Auction says Tokyo, Japan but mine actually came from South Korea. Hope this helps as I haven't used any of the reagent yet. My heat treating oven arrived damaged and I'm still waiting for the replacement.

Kalium - 1-7-2012 at 23:48

Thanks, good to hear that the store seems to be a viable source. I'll definitely start buying things from there as they sell lots of rare organic compounds. Did your reagent come in a bottle as the pictures suggest?
Now I just need to read up on import regulations in my country. As far as I can tell PE isn't listed as a restricted precursor...

plante1999 - 4-7-2013 at 06:19

The said reagent increased to 70$ few days ago:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pentaerythritol-500g-Laboratory-Reag...