“…Amide‐based catenanes,2–23 for example, cat( 1 ),11 are formed during the multicomponent condensations of aromatic (usually 1,3‐) diacid chlorides and hindered bianilines or benzylic diamines in nonpolar solvents (Scheme ). Also formed in the reactions are the corresponding un‐interlocked macrocycles (of various sizes), linear oligomers, and, at least in some cases,21, 24–26 topologically nontrivial knots.…”