Owning to their excellent photoelectric properties, acenes have played an important role in the studies of molecular electronics. However, the synthesis of acene compounds is problematic because of their notoriously poor solubilities and stabilities. The major goal of this thesis is to develop a new synthesis of acenes under mild conditions and few operational steps. Using ortho-bis(porpargyl alcohol) derivatives as starting materials, we employed sulfenyl or sulfinyl chloride under base condition to generate bis-allene intermediates. And the intermediates underwent subsequent intramolecular cyclization and aromatization reactions to afford acene products. We optimized the reaction conditions based on our best understanding of the reaction mechanism. 23 tetracene and pentacene derivatives were obtained through this new method. Their photophysical properties are also studied.