Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science, 17(12), p. 6159-6171, 2021
DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00382h
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Cibalackrot-type compounds are Hückel instead of Baird aromatic in their first triplet states (T1). By choice of substituents and additional benzannelation we adjust the T1 energies, providing a new strategy for singlet fission chromophore design.