Most Expensive Liquid

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I was asked what the most expensive liquid is the other day. I came up with an answer but I wasn’t sure if it was the *most* expensive. Can anyone suggest expensive liquids?

Examples:
– gas $US3.30 per gallon
– milk $US2.30 per quart
– bottled water $US$ per 600ml (at the picture theatre)

Notes:
– Monetary units per unit volume
– Don’t worry about currency / national differences (ie petrol / gas)
– place of purchase shouldn’t determine most expensive (it will have an impact, but not in the final consideration)
– Liquid at standard room temp – thus ruling out (for example) molten gold

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Well here is one close to my heart.

A pint of good old English Ale. The cost varies but we could say that a good pint will cost

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Printer ink has to be up there. There was a report a while back saying that it was 7x more expensive than vintage champagne, as it cost around

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Widely available liquids:
– Ink for inkjet printers.
– Perfume

There are probably more expensive liquids for specialized purposes.

See
The Price of a Gallon: 47 liquids compared

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I wonder if there’s much call for scorpion venom? Presumably not, at those prices.

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You can imagine

Him “I am just off to the shops love, do you need anything?”

Her “Yes, can you get me a choccy bar and a gallon of scorpion’s venom please? Oh, and none of that cheap stuff you bought last time OK!”

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Tesco “Value” scorpion venom – only $25m a gallon!

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> Oh, and none of that cheap stuff you bought last time OK

NoName Scorpion Venom – makes you tired and irritable, but you don’t stop living. Waste of money IMO.

Alan

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I came up with perfume. Well done HansV. Also, what a great web site. scorpion venom at a touch under $39m per ounce.

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I have just been approached by one of the guys in my office and he reckons that:

Adrenalone or 3’4′-Dihydroxy-2-(methylamino)acetophenone; 4-methylaminoacetopyrocatechol

Could be a main contender….but I am desperately trying to find a reference to back it up

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I was looking up your material in my “Aldrich Handbook of Fine Chemicals” and it was not there, but saw:

(1R,2R) -trans-2Acetoxy-1-cyclopentanol costs $360.50 for 1 mL (ca 1.1 g) which is about $1.4 Million / gallon…

Steve

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Thanks, still pretty expensive I shall inform my clever clogged colleague

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I bet extract of clever clogs is quite expensive…

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