waxy or even insoluble stilbazoles. Moreover, the oxalicacid loading could be lowered to sub-stoichiometric amounts. When further optimizations were needed, our strategy was found to be highly flexible to identify other oligocarboxylic acids as alternative additive to improve or even overturn regioselectivity. Oxalicacid and other oligocarboxylic acids were found to be capable of orienting more than