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Pages 2509-2521. We thank an anonymous reader of our manuscript for bringing the following important reference to our attention. Bendikov et al. reported that polyacenes longer than pentacene possess open-shell singlet diradical ground states. The possibility of an openshell singlet state was not considered in our investigation. Bendikov, M.; Duong, H. M.; Starkey, K.; Houk, K. N.; Carter, E. A.; Wudl, F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 7416-7417. Addition and Correction: Bendikov, M.; Duong, H. M.; Starkey, K.; Houk, K. N.; Carter, E. A.; Wudl, F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 10493. JO0560254 10.1021/jo0560254 Published on Web 04/20/2005
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