ABSTRACT: The two new tetra-kis-substituted pyrazines, 1,1',1'',1'''-(pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetra-yl) tetra-kis-(N,N-di-methyl-methanamine), C16H32N6, (I) and N,N',N'',N'''-[pyrazine-2,3,5,6-tetra-yltetra-kis-(methyl-ene)]tetra-kis-(N-methyl-aniline), C36H40N6, (II), both crystallize with half a mol-ecule in the asymmetric unit; the whole mol-ecules are generated by inversion symmetry. There are weak intra-molecular C-H?N hydrogen bonds present in both mol-ecules and in (II) the pendant N-methyl-aniline rings are linked by a C-H?? inter-action. The degredation product, N,N'-[(6-phenyl-6,7-di-hydro-5H-pyrrolo-[3,4-b]pyrazine-2,3-di-yl)bis(methyl-ene)]bis-(N-methyl-aniline), C28H29N5, (III), was obtained several times by reacting (II) with different metal salts. Here, the 6-phenyl ring is almost coplanar with the planar pyrrolo-[3,4-b]pyrazine unit (r.m.s. deviation = 0.029?Å), with a dihedral angle of 4.41?(10)° between them. The two N-meth-yl-aniline rings are inclined to the planar pyrrolo-[3,4-b]pyrazine unit by 88.26?(10) and 89.71?(10)°, and to each other by 72.56?(13)°. There are also weak intra-molecular C-H?N hydrogen bonds present involving the pyrazine ring and the two N-methyl-aniline groups. In the crystal of (I), there are no significant inter-molecular contacts present, while in (II) mol-ecules are linked by a pair of C-H?? inter-actions, forming chains along the c-axis direction. In the crystal of (III), mol-ecules are linked by two pairs of C-H?? inter-actions, forming inversion dimers, which in turn are linked by offset ?-? inter-actions [inter-centroid distance = 3.8492?(19)?Å], forming ribbons along the b-axis direction.