https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.13973
Polymer composed of macromolecules that are macromolecular pseudorotaxanes.
Notes:
- A narrower definition of pseudorotaxane polymer as "a rotaxane polymer without bulky end-groups preventing dethreading of cyclic molecules" has also been published.
- A pseudorotaxane polymer in the molecule of which only one end of a threading component is capped with a stopper is sometimes called "semirotaxane polymer" or "polysemirotaxane".
- Though the synonym "polypseudorotaxane" currently appears in the literature, its use is discouraged. This term, from a purely semantic point of view, implies many threaded rings, a polymer formed from a pseudorotaxane, while a molecule of a pseudorotaxane polymer can comprise a single threaded ring.
- Pseudorotaxane polymers are sometimes referred to in the literature as "pseudopolyrotaxanes". Use of this term is strongly discouraged owing to possible misinterpretation as "pseudopolymeric" or "pseudomacromolecular" rotaxane.