Novel [2]rotaxanes bearing
-cyclodextrin (
-CD) derivatives and a diphenylacetylene axis moleculewith trinitrobenzene as a bulky stopper have been prepared to investigate the relative rotary movementof a ring relative to an axis molecule and that of an axis molecule in a ring by NMR techniques. [2]Rotaxanes
2 and
3 were composed of
-CD derivatives (
2: 6-phenyl-amide-
-CD;
3: 6-stilbene-amide-
-CD). The protons of
-CDs in rotaxanes were thoroughly assigned by the two-dimensional NMRtechniques (TOCSY, COSY, ROESY, HMQC, and HMBC). The protons of
-CD in rotaxane
1 did notshow splitting, whereas the resonance peak shifts and splitting for the corresponding protons of
-CDderivatives in rotaxanes
2 and
3 were observed by the shielding and deshielding effects from adiphenylacetylene axis molecule. The splitting of resonance peaks was closely related to the rotarymovements of
-CDs and an axis molecule. We supposed that
-CD in rotaxane
1 rotates freely arounda diphenylacetylene axis molecule, and vice versa, whereas the rotary movement of
-CD derivativesand the axis molecules of rotaxanes
2 and
3 were restricted by the steric repulsion between the substituentgroup of
-CD and the stopper group of an axis molecule. To estimate the relative rotary movement ofCDs and an axis molecule in rotaxanes, the rotational correlation time (
c) of rotaxanes was measured by
13C NMR. The results indicate that the corresponding rotary movement of the modified
-CD and theaxis molecules in rotaxanes
2 and
3 depends on the size of the substituent group.