Couper, Archibald Scot

Shortly thereafter but independently of Kekule Archibald S Couper a Scot working m the laboratory of Charles Adolphe Wurtz at the Ecole de Medicine m Pans and Alexan der Butlerov a Russian chemist at the University of Kazan proposed similar theories... 

In 1865, August Kekule presented a paper at the Academie des Sciences in Paris suggesting a cyclic structure for benzene, the inspiration for which he ascribed to a dream. However, was KekulS the first to suggest that benzene was cyclic Some believe not, and credit an Austrian schoolteacher, Josef Loschmidtwith the first depiction of cyclic benzene structures. In 1861, 4 years before Kekule s dream, Loschmidt published a book in which he represented benzene as a set of rings. It is not certain whether Loschmidt or Kekule—or even a Scot named Archibald Couper—got it right first. 

In 1861,4 years before Kekule s dream, Loschmidt published a book in which he represented benzene as a set of rings. It is not certain whether Loschmidt or Kekule—or even a Scot named Archibald Couper—got it right first. 

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