A new synthetic route to prepare a centrosymmetric phenanthroline-fused azaacene derivative, TIPS-BisPhNPQ is described. Another axialsymmetric analogue, TIPS-PhNTQ is also synthesized for comparison. Cyclic voltammetry measurements indicate high electron affinity values of -4.03 and -4.01 eV for TIPS-PhNTQ and TIPS-BisPhNPQ respectively. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that TIPS-PhNTQ forms dimers by intermolecular S-N and N-N interaction, while TIPS-BisPhNPQ shows a highly ordered arrangement via two-dimensional brickwork packing and intermolecular hydrogen bonding. The synthetic protocol established in this paper should be highly applicable to the preparation of more azaacene derivatives with extended pi-conjugations.