Acenes, consisting of linearly fused benzene rings, are an important fundamental class of
organic compounds with various applications. Hexacene is the largest acene that was …

The larger acenes and heteroacenes (> pentacenes) are attractive, yet sensitive materials;
several strategies were developed to stabilize such species.“Classic” approaches employ …

Acenes represent a series of molecules with intriguing physical and chemical properties for
applications in organic electronics. Nevertheless, the stability and solubility issues …

Undecacene, the largest member of the acene family, was photogenerated in a polymer
matrix under cryogenic conditions from a precursor with two α‐diketone bridges. The …

Acenes comprise an important class of organic semiconducting materials. As graphene
nanoribbons of ultimate width, they are valuable atom-precise model systems for studying …

Photochemistry based on acenes and their derivatives is one of the emerging research
areas in the field of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). However, due to the …

The outstanding performance of pentacene‐based molecules in molecular electronics, as
well as the predicted enhanced semiconducting properties of extended acenes, have …

The borondipyrromethene (BODIPY) chromophore is a versatile platform for the construction
of photoresponsive dyes with unique properties. Specifically, its covalent connection to a …

Pristine π-extended aromatic compounds are attractive as organic functional materials
including organic semiconductors, but are difficult to synthesize in pure form because of their …

For a long time, the largest known member of the acene series was hexacene, consisting of
six linearly fused benzene rings. The next higher member, heptacene, is so highly reactive …