"Polyslipping", that is, multiple slipping of dumbbell components into macr
ocyclic ones having the appropriate size complementarity, of bis-ammonium s
alt 1 and bis-crown ether 5 in acetone or acetonitrile afforded polyrotaxan
e-like assembly 6, which quantitatively reverted to the monomers 1 and 5 by
dissolving in DMSO.