Synthesis and overall nonlinear optical characterization of poly(hexa-2,4-diynylen-1,6-dioxydibenzoate) containing 2,2′-(4-((4-nitrophenyl)ethynyl)phenylazanediyl)diethanol

► Synthesis of a novel polydiacetylene containing tolan units as NLO-chromophores. ► Quadratic and cubic NLO-characterizations were performed in prepared film samples. ► Outstanding NLO-coefficients were evaluated via the Z-Scan and SHG-techniques. ► High Tg-values of this polymer indicates suitable properties for material processing.