The electronic structure and the superconductivity in field-doped polyacenes are considered. Within a modified Thomas–Fermi approach for typical experimental values of the surface charge density the injected charge is confined to a monolayer. The electron–phonon coupling constant for internal modes λintra is estimated using the work of Devos and Lanoo (Ref. 4) and the density of states N(0) estimated from a 2D tight-binding model derived from a full potential LDA band structure calculation for bulk anthracene. The empirical values of the Coulomb pseudopotentials are significantly enhanced. The strong Coulomb interaction is considered as a key quantity which determines the large differences in the critical temperatures achieved for n-doped polyacenes and C 60.