Abstract A series of new low molecular organogelators (LMOGs) with thermotropic mesophase were synthesized via the reaction of 3, 6-dimethyl-pyrazine-2, 5-dicarboxylic acid with p-alkoxyl anilines. These compounds readily formed stable gels in a variety of organic solvents and their self-assembly behavior, structure–property relationship were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), 1 H nuclear ...