https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.13967
Pseudorotaxane, at least one component of which is a macromolecule.
Notes:
- Structural differences between macromolecular pseudorotaxanes and macromolecular rotaxanes are neither substantial nor always obvious; macromolecular rotaxanes from which macromolecular component(s) can be dethreaded (i.e., the macromolecular rotaxane becomes a macromolecular pseudorotaxane) under some specific conditions are known. Therefore, the overwhelming majority of definitions concerning macromolecular rotaxanes are fully applicable also to macromolecular pseudorotaxanes after replacing the word "rotaxane" with the word "pseudorotaxane"; also, nomenclature rules are the same for both of these compound classes.
- A macromolecular pseudorotaxane in which only one end of a threading component is capped with a stopper is sometimes called a "macromolecular semirotaxane".