What is "phenacene"

n. (context organic chemistry English) Any of a series of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons differing from the acenes in having a zig-zag structure

Phenacenes are a class of organic compounds consisting of fused aromatic rings. They are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, related to acenes and helicenes from which they differ by the arrangement of the fused rings.

[n]Phenacene

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Structure

[4]phenacene

Chrysene

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[5]phenacene

Picene

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[6]phenacene

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[7]phenacene

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