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In the past decade, triaryl boranes with multiple resonance effect (MR) have captured significant attention. The efficiency of MR-TADF emitters strongly depends on small singlet\u2013triplet energy gaps (\u0394EST), but also on large reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) rate constants (kRISC). The latter effect has strongly been focused on very recently and has drawn attention to heavier elements, including sulfur and selenium, the large spin\u2013orbit coupling (SOC) of which accelerates RISC effects. Within the context of MR-TADF emitters, the 5,9-X2-13b-boranaphtho [3,2,1-de]anthracene scaffold (X-B-X, X = donor heteroatom, e.g., N, O, S, Se) has been recognized as a promising narrowband-emissive TADF material. However, the incorporation of sulfur and selenium as highly SOC-inducing elements has proven to be difficult. Most synthetic strategies apply protocols initially suggested by Hatakeyama to obtain nitrogen- and oxygen-doped materials. 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