A protected pentacene precursor is functionalized in the 6- and 13-positions with alkyne groups and subsequently derivatized by a copper-catalyzed azidealkyne Huisgen cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction. Aromatization then gives the desired pentacene derivatives. This method offers an expedient route to a range of bench-top stable, pentacene, and oligopentacene based chromophores, all derived from a single building block. These new pentacene derivatives are characterized by NMR, IR, and UV-Vis spectroscopies. X-ray crystallographic data for two derivatives is used to evaluate the prospect of electronic communication in the solid state via p-stacking interactions.