I've been wanting to build a small, home biochemistry lab for a while but the biggest thing holding me back from pouring the time and money into it is that I just can't find any place that will sell the reagents I want to use to individuals (most companies that make laboratory-grade reagents will only sell to certified labs at universities and companies and such).
I really want to do extractions of cellular products (enzymes, pigments, etc) of plants (grass clippings, dead flowers from my garden, etc) and fungi and bacteria I can just grow inside. For some of these, I need a good hydrophobic extraction solvent that's 1) as pure as possible and 2) has a low boiling point so I can easily evaporate/boil off (ideally, I would like to recapture it by distillation so I don't have to constantly buy more of it).
I can't find a single manufacturer that will sell chloroform, dichloromethane or small hydrocarbons like pentane and cyclopentane to individuals. What other hydrophobic solvents can I use?
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