“…Among various π-conjugated polymers, polydiacetylenes (PDAs) are quite unique in their preparation process, i.e., topochemical polymerization of butadiyne derivatives . Except for butadiyne derivatives, limited monomers can be polymerized in the solid state, e.g., compounds with two CC bonds to show [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reactions, − butadienes, − hexatriene, hexatriyne, and quinodimethanes. − In the crystals, all these monomers should take the proper polymerizable arrangement in which distances between intermolecular reacting atoms are within the mobile ranges, and the case of butadiynes is as well. As shown in Figure , the appropriate conditions of the monomer arrangement for the polymerization have been reported as follows: The distance d between two adjacent butadiyne monomers along the translation direction, i.e., the polymerization direction, is about 5 Å, and the angle θ between the translation direction and the linear butadiyne moiety is about 45°. , As materials for electronics and photonics, control of the electronic state is an important issue, and introduction of conjugated substituents is one of the general strategies.…”