The ability of a conjugated carbon or heteroatom framework to participate in π-electron delocalization is fundamental to the electronic behavior of organic materials, 1-7 which in turn, is central to their applications as media for electroluminescence, 8 ferromagnetism, 9 and nonlinear optics2, 10 among others. The most intensely studied conjugated molecules have extended, linearlyconjugated π-systems, as found in semiconducting oligomers such ...