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Benfey, O. Theodor. "August Kekule and the Birth of the Structural Theory of Organic Chemistry in 1858." Journal of Chemical Education. Volume 35, No. 1, January 1958. p. 21–23. – Includes an English translation of Kekule's 1890 speech in which he spoke about his development of structure theory and benzene theory.
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May 5, 2010 · The nineteenth-century German chemist August Kekulé claimed to have pictured the ring structure of benzene after dreaming of a snake eating its own tail. In Image and Reality, Alan Rocke offers a ...
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Sep 7, 2020 · Today marks the anniversary of the birth of August Kekulé, most famous for his proposed structure for the benzene molecule. This graphic looks at his structure and its limitations and shows how later work improved upon his initial proposal. More detail on the limitations of Kekulé’s structure, and how Lonsdale’s structure solved these ...
August Kekule von Stradonitz (born Sept. 7, 1829, Darmstadt, Hesse—died July 13, 1896, Bonn, Ger.) was a German chemist who established the foundation for the structural theory in organic chemistry. Kekule was born into an upper-middle-class family of civil servants and as a schoolboy demonstrated an aptitude for art and languages, as well as ...
Aug 31, 2022 · Although the paper published by Kekulé in 1865 is generally accepted as the seminal document regarding the elucidation of the structure of benzene, it was not for another seven years that Kekulé introduced a “collision theory” which, in his view, made the 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene formulation at last acceptable. 2022 is therefore an appropriate year to celebrate the 150 th anniversary of his ...
The illustration on this page is believed to be the earliest depiction of the chemical structure of a benzene ring. This German work by August Kekulé (1829-1896) outlines his discoveries on the structure of benzene. An early founder of structural organic chemistry, Kekulé's benzene ring structure research resulted in advancements in organic chemistry as well as the development of the...
Jan 27, 2015 · 150th Anniversary: Kekulé's Benzene Structure. Friedrich August Kekulé was born on September 7, 1829 in Darmstadt, Germany. He started to study architecture at the University of Gießen, Germany, but after hearing lectures by Justus von Liebig he switched to chemistry. He became Privatdozent at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, in 1856 ...
