The molecular structure and dynamics of a vinylidene fluoride oligomer telomerized by carbon tetrachloride (Cl-OVDF) and its inclusion compound (IC) with beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) have been investigated using solid-state F-19 magic angle spinning (MAS) and H-1 -> F-19 cross-polarization (CP)/MAS NMR spectroscopy. The preferential IC formation of the lower-molecular-weight components with beta-CD was used to refine as-received Cl-OVDF. The refined Cl-OVDF with larger molecular weight readily takes gamma-form (tttg(+)tttg(-)) conformation, and it also forms ICs with beta-CD (Cl-OVDF/beta-CD IC) under a certain condition. F-19 MAS NMR indicates that Cl-OVDF chains virtually isolated in the beta-CD cavities take no specific conformations even at -40 degrees C. The temperature dependence of the magnetic relaxation times (T-1(F), T-1P(F)) indicates that the Cl-OVDF chains in ICs undergo molecular motions similar to the amorphous phase in the bulk, although the intramolecular spin diffusion among F-19 nuclei is more significant in the former because of the one-dimensional confinement. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.