Synthesis of mono-, oligo- and polyamide-cucurbituril rotaxanes

Mono-, oligo- and polyamide rotaxanes with the macrocycle cucurbituril are synthesized easily with high yields by interfacial condensation. The complex of cucurbituril with 1,6-hexanediammonium ion is used as preorganized structure. With different acid and diacid chlorides a great variety of amiderotaxanes and polyrotaxanes can be synthesized. The characterization is difficult due to the low solubility of cucurbituril and rotaxanes. But with the methods of IR, DTA, 1H NMR and elemental analyses, the existence of the rotaxanes is shown.