A new poly (heteroary1ene methylene) containing one to four -pyrrole rings alternating with an sp3-carbon atom in the main chain were synthesized and characterized. The synthesized poly [(pyrrole-2, 5-diyl)-co-(4-nitrobenzylidene)] was found to be highly dehydrogenated, thus resulting in black materials with conjugated segments larger than a single pyrrole ring. The conjugated polymers containing alternating aromatic and quinoid heteroarylene moieties in the main chain were prepared by polycondensation of 4nitrobenzaldehyde and pyrrole catalysed by Maghnite-H+. The new polymer is useful precursors to small-bandgap polymers based on poly (heteroary1ene methines) and is also useful model system for the investigation of the effects of -conjugation length on the electronic and optical properties of conjugated polymers.