Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
NanoPutians are a series of organic molecules whose structural formulae resemble human forms. James Tour et al. (Rice University) designed and synthesized these compounds in 2003 as a part of a sequence of chemical education for young students. The compounds consist of two benzene rings connected via a few carbon atoms as the body four acetylene units each carrying an alkyl group at their ends which represents the hands and legs and a 13-dioxolane ring as the head.
