Novel Type Polyrotaxanes Based on the Copolymer of Polyethylenimine, Poly(ethylene glycol), and Alpha-Cyclodextrin

A new approach to the synthesis of polyrotaxanes from the polyethylenimine‒block‒poly(ethylene glycol)‒block‒polyethylenimine copolymer and alpha-cyclodextrin has been proposed. It has been shown that the acylation of free amino groups of polypseudorotaxane effectively blocks decomposition of the complex in solution. The structure of the synthesized copolymers has been studied in detail by ¹Н and ¹³С NMR spectroscopy, IR analysis, and GPC. It is assumed that the observed abnormally high optical activity of the resulting rotaxanes is probably associated with the formation of chiral helical supramolecular structures.