(E,E,E,E)-2,3,5,6-Tetrakis{2-[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]ethenyl}pyrazine

In the title compound, C44H48N6, the essentially planar molecule [maximum deviation from the mean plane of the π system of 0.271 (3) Å] is located on a crystallographic centre of inversion. The almost planar (angle sums at N atoms = 357.6 and 357.1°) dimethylamino groups and short C—N bonds of the aniline groups [both 1.379 (4) Å] indicate strong electronic coupling between these groups and the central pyrazine ring.

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