Unusually lowered acidity of ammonium group surrounded by crown ether in a rotaxane system and its acylative neutralization

Acidity of a secondary ammonium group in a rotaxane system with a crown ether was unusually lowered. N-Acylation of the ammonium group by acid anhydrides or chlorides proceeded slowly in the presence of excess tertiary amine to give the N-acylated rotaxanes without salt structure.