Hexacene

Hexacene
Names
	Preferred IUPAC name Hexacene
Identifiers
CAS Number	258-31-1 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	109666 ;
PubChem CID	123044;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID00180457 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C26H16/c1-2-6-18-10-22-14-26-16-24-12-20-8-4-3-7-19(20)11-23(24)15-25(26)13-21(22)9-17(18)5-1/h1-16H Key: QSQIGGCOCHABAP-UHFFFAOYSA-N ; InChI=1/C26H16/c1-2-6-18-10-22-14-26-16-24-12-20-8-4-3-7-19(20)11-23(24)15-25(26)13-21(22)9-17(18)5-1/h1-16H Key: QSQIGGCOCHABAP-UHFFFAOYAG;
	SMILES c1c2cc3cc4cc5cc6ccccc6cc5cc4cc3cc2ccc1;
Properties
Chemical formula	C26H16
Molar mass	328.41 g/mol
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Hexacene is an aromatic compound consisting of six linearly-fused benzene rings. It is a blue-green, air-stable solid with low solubility.^[1]

Hexacene is one of a series of linear polycyclic molecules created by such aromatic ring fusions, a series termed acenes; the previous in the series is pentacene (with five fused rings) and the next is heptacene (with seven). It and other acenes and their derivatives have been investigated in potential applications related to organic semiconductors. Like larger acenes, hexacene is poorly soluble, but derivatives have been prepared with improved solubility, such as 6,15-Bis(tri-t-butylsilylethynyl)hexacene, which melts with decomposition at 96 °C.^[2]

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^ Payne M. M.; Parkin S. R.; Anthony J. E. (2005). "Functionalized higher acenes: hexacene and heptacene". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127 (22): 8028–9. doi:10.1021/ja051798v. PMID 15926823.

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[2] Payne M. M.; Parkin S. R.; Anthony J. E. (2005). "Functionalized higher acenes: hexacene and heptacene". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127 (22): 8028–9. doi:10.1021/ja051798v. PMID 15926823.

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