Intrinsic
porosity in polymeric materials arises from the formation
of a continuous network of interconnected voids and is a direct consequence
of the shape and rigidity of the molecular building blocks. To obtain
well-defined pores with narrow size distributions, the polymerization
of rigid and sterically hindered monomers must not interfere with
the pore formation and should avoid the use of additives that may
occupy voids. Polydiacetylenes can be generated by the topochemical
polymerization of diacetylene-bearing molecules favorably arranged
in crystals, gels, thin films, or vesicles. Polydiacetylene formation
in amorphous materials has been sparsely studied because higher-order
self-assembled structures are assumed to be required for the topochemical
polymerization of 1,3-butadiyne to occur. In this study, a bulky hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene
core (N3P3Cl6) was functionalized
with six diacetylene-containing alkyl chains and successfully converted
to an intrinsically porous multifunctional polydiacetylene. The successful
formation of the polydiacetylene was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy,
and the porous structure of the resulting materials was verified by
X-ray diffraction and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface
area measurements. This investigation revealed a significant change
in the porous structure after polymerization, leading to a 5-fold
increase in specific surface area. Overall, the topochemical polymerization
of diacetylenes is a promising strategy for the preparation of functional
materials, which is shown to be compatible with rather amorphous phases
of bulky molecules. The results obtained from this investigation give
access to a range of porous polydiacetylene materials for potential
applications in organic electronics, gas adsorption, and other related
fields.