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Picene
For the language, see North Picene and South Picene.

Picene is a hydrocarbon found in the pitchy residue obtained in the distillation of peat tar and of petroleum. This is distilled to dryness and the distillate repeatedly recrystallized from cymene. It may be synthetically prepared by the action of anhydrous aluminium chloride on a mixture of naphthalene and 1,2-dibromoethane, or by distilling a-dinaphthostilbene. It crystallizes in large colorless plates which possess a blue fluorescence. It is soluble in concentrated sulfuric acid with a green color. Chromic acid in glacial acetic acid solution oxidizes it to picene-quinone, picene-quinone carboxylic acid, and finally to phthalic acid.

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Research reports from Okayama University provide new insights into applied physics.
Mar 17, 2009; According to recent research from Okayama, Japan, Transport characteristics and trap states are investigated in picene thin film...
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Research from Okayama University has provided new data on chemical research.
Sep 26, 2008; A field-effect transistor (FET) with thin films of picene has been fabricated on SiO2 gate dielectric. The FET showed p-channel...
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New life sciences data have been reported by scientists at Peking University.(Report)
Sep 16, 2008; Data detailed in 'Characteristics of particulate carbon emissions from real-world Chinese coal combustion' have been presented....
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