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Uses of Thioxanthone

Mar 23，2022

Thioxanthone is a heterocyclic compound that is a sulfur analog of xanthone.

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Property

Thioxanthone is a Light yellow crystalline solid.

Preparation

Thioxanthone can be prepared by the reaction of diphenyl sulfide with phosgene in the presence of catalytic aluminium chloride.This synthesis can be seen as a special case of the Friedel-Crafts acylation. The reduction product is thioxanthene.

Uses

Thioxanthone dissolves in concentrated sulfuric acid to give a yellow colored liquid with intense green fluorescence. A mixture of the thioxanthone derivatives of 2- and 4-isopropylthioxanthone (ITX) is used in the printing industry. Pharmaceutical drugs that are derivatives of thioxanthone include hycanthone and lucanthone.

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