= Anthracene
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<Anthracene> is an aromatic hydrocarbon with three linearly fused six-membered rings and formula $\mathrm{C_{14}H_{10}}$. Its extended pi system gives characteristic electronic absorption and fluorescence.
It differs from phenanthrene, which has the same formula but an angular fused-ring arrangement. Comparing them shows that connectivity, not only the number of carbon atoms, determines a conjugated molecule's energy levels and reactivity.
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