4-Isopropylthioxanthone

Application
4-Isopropylthioxanthone has been used as an analytical standard for the determination of the analyte in packaged food products using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS).[1] It may be used as an analytical standard for the determination of the analyte in milk,[2] and fruit drinks[3] by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled to MS/MS and micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) techniques, respectively.
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General description
A mixture of 4-isopropylthioxanthone and 2-isopropylthioxanthone can be used as photoinitiator in ultraviolet(UV)inks, which finds applications in plastic or paper based packaging materials.[4] Other Notes
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