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Heptacene is an organic compound and a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and the seventh member of the acene or polyacene family of linear fused benzene rings. This compound has long been pursued by chemists because of its potential interest in electronic applications and was first synthesized but not isolated in 2006.The final step is a photochemical decarbonylization with a 12-dione bridge extruded as carbon monoxide.