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Friedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz (/ ˈ k eɪ k əl eɪ / KAY-kə-lay, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʔaʊɡʊst ˈkeːkuleː fɔn ʃtʁaˈdoːnɪts]; 7 September 1829 – 13 July 1896), was a German organic chemist.
Jul 9, 2024 · August Kekule von Stradonitz 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 science subjects.
In 1858 August Kekulé (1829–1896) and Archibald Scott Couper (1831–1892), two young men from different backgrounds, independently recognized that carbon atoms can link directly to one another to form carbon chains.
Friedrich August Kekulé was a renowned German organic chemist who was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure in organic chemistry. Early Life. Friedrich August Kekulé was a German scientist who was born on September 7, 1829 in Darmstadt, Germany.
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...
Jun 8, 2018 · Kekule von Stradonitz, (Friedrich) August. ( b. Darmstandt, Germany, 7 September 1829; d. Bonn, Germany, 13 July 1896) chemistry. Kekulé was descended from the Czech line of an old Bohemian noble family, Kekule ze Stradonič Stradonice being a village northeast of Prague.
August Kekule von Stradonitz, orig. (Friedrich) August Kekule, (born Sept. 7, 1829, Darmstadt, Hesse—died July 13, 1896, Bonn), German chemist who laid the groundwork for modern structural theory in organic chemistry. His early training in architecture may have helped him conceive his theories.
In three papers published in 1865 and 1866, August Kekulé, professor of chemistry at the University of Ghent, proposed a theory of the structure of benzene that provided the basis for the first satisfactory understanding of aromatic compounds, a very large and important class of organic substances.
Aug 31, 2022 · After a short introduction, followed by a historical note about the emergence of aromatic chemistry and the role of Kekulé as founder of structural organic chemistry, this Perspective discloses in three chapters the step-by-step unveiling of the 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene structure and focusses on Kekulé’s own dubiety about this formula.
May 23, 2018 · Friedrich August Kekulé. The German chemist Friedrich August Kekulé (1829-1896) was the founder of structural organic chemistry. August Kekulé, later Kekulé von Stradonitz, was born on Sept. 7, 1829, in the city of Darmstadt.
