POLYROTAXANES AND PSEUDOPOLYROTAXANES OF POLYAMIDES AND CUCURBITURIL

Pseudopolyrotaxanes and polyrotaxanes of polyamide and the macrocycle cucurbituril are synthesized easily by interfacial polycondensation. W ith different diammonium ions and diacid chlorides a great variety of poly(amide rotaxane)s is obtained. The structure of the diacid chlorid e influences the possible motion of cucurbituril on the polymer chain. First attempts to characterize these polyrotaxanes using IR, DTA, H-1 -NMR and elemental analyses are reported. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Lt d. All rights reserved.