polyazaacenes is described starting from two different nucleophilic building blocks. Disubstituted oxalic amidines 1 can be cyclized under mild conditions with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanopyrazine (3) to yield 5,6-dihydropyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazines 4a–c. By employing higher temperatures and 2 equiv. of 3, octaazanaphthacene 6 can be isolated. Similarly, pyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazines 2 and bielectrophile 3 yielded novel