Hexacene
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| Molar mass | 328.41 g/mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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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]
Syntheses and structure
Hexacene has been the subject of many syntheses. One route uses thermal decarbonylation of a monoketone precursor.[1]
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Further reading
- First synthesis:
- Marschalk, C. Linear hexacenes. Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 6, 1112–1121 (1939).
- E. Clar (1939). "Hexacen, ein grüner, einfacher Kohlenwasserstoff (Aromatische Kohlenwasserstoffe, XXIV. Mitteil) (trans=Hexacene, a Green Simple Hydrocarbon (Aromatic hydrocarbons. XXIV.)". Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. B. 72B: 1817–1821. .
- E. Clar (1942). "Eine neue Synthese des Hexacens (Aromatische Kohlenwasserstoffe, XXXIV. Mitteil)". .
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- Isolation: Angliker H.; Rommel E.; Wirz J. (1982). "Electronic spectra of hexacene in solution (ground state, triplet state, dication and dianion)". .
- By decarbonylation of a PMID 17516652.
- Deoxygenation route: Krüger, Justus; Eisenhut, Frank; Alonso, José M.; Lehmann, Thomas; Guitián, Enrique; Pérez, Dolores; Skidin, Dmitry; Gamaleja, Florian; Ryndyk, Dmitry A.; Joachim, Christian; Peña, Diego; Moresco, Francesca; Cuniberti, Gianaurelio (2017). "Imaging the electronic structure of on-surface generated hexacene". Chem. Commun. 53 (10): 1583–1586. PMID 27990553.
External links
- Molecular graphics representation of the X-ray crystallographic structure determined for 6,15-bis(tri-t-butylsilylethynyl)hexacene—hexacene with bulky, protective substituents in the reactive 6- and 15- ring positions, see rotating graphic at base of page.
- Sander-Wise Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Structure Index entry for hexacene, NIST Special Publication 922.