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Xanthone
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<p>Xanthone is an <a href="/facts/Organic_compound/gqCNaN45">organic compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Molecular_formula/hghUtthl">molecular formula</a> C13H8O2. It is a white solid. </p><p>In 1939, xanthone was introduced as an <a href="/facts/Insecticide/1xYL3MSD">insecticide</a> and it currently finds uses as <a href="/facts/Insecticide/1xYL3MSD">ovicide</a> for <a href="/facts/Codling_moth/Myc8Lxc5">codling moth</a> eggs and as a <a href="/facts/Larvicide/dlhj8wkN">larvicide</a>. Xanthone is also used in the preparation of <a href="/facts/Xanthydrol/I0Ir2U1p">xanthydrol</a>, which is used in the determination of <a href="/facts/Urea/6j84AoCG">urea</a> levels in the blood. It can also be used as a <a href="/facts/Photocatalyst/XctEct26">photocatalyst</a>. </p>