Kekule’s dream

Mahdihassan, S. Kekule s dream of the Ouroboros and the significance of this symbol. Scientia 55 (1961) 187-195. 

Figure 2.5 Artist s depiction of Friedrich August von Kekule s dream of a snake eating its own taii, a dream that aided von Kekule in soivingthe probiem of the structure for the organic compound benzene, composed of a ring of carbon atoms.

In 1065. 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 Kekule the first to suggest that benzene was cyclic Some believe not, and credit an Austrian schoolteacher. Josef Loschmfdt with the first depiction of cyclic benzene structures. In 1061,4 years before Kekule s dream, Loschmidt published a book in / v... 

Wotiz, J. H, and Rudofsky, S, Kekule s dreams fact or fiction Chem. Britain 20, 720-723 (1984). 

Ramsay, O, B, and Rocke, A. J. Kekule s dreams. Separating the fiction from the fact. Chem. Britain 20, 1093-1094 (1984). 

Kekule s dream In 1865, the German chemist Friedrich August Kekul6 (1829-1896) proposed a different kind of structure for benzene—a hexagon of carbon atoms with alternating single and double bonds. How does the molecular formula of this structure compare with that of benzene ... 

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. 

Wotiz and Rudofsky, "Kekule s Dreams" (1984) anon., "Developer of Key Theory May Have Been a Fraud" (1984) Seltzer, "Influence of Kekul Dream Disputed" (1985) Wotiz, "Unknown Kekule" (1987) Rudofsky and Wotiz, "Psychologists" (1988) Wotiz and Rudofsky, "Herr Professor Doktor Kekule" (1993) Borman, "Kekul Charged with Scientific Misconduct" (1993). An early critique of these arguments is Ramsay and Rocke, "Kekule s Dreams" (1984). 

AnschiitZ 1 18-20 Fierz-David, "Kekules Visionen" (1944) Verkade, "KekulS" (1958) Mahdihassan "Origin" (1960) Mahdihassan, "Kekule s Dream" (1961) Mitscherlich "Kekules Traum" (1972). 

Kekule s Dream of the Ouroboros and the Significance of this Symbol." Scientia 96 (1961) 187-95. 

Ramsay, O. Bertrand, and A. J. Rocke. "Kekule s Dreams Separating the Fiction from the Fact." Chemistry in Britain 20 (1984) 1093-94. 

R.5 The Molecule Benzene, Kekule s Dream, and Resonance Theory... 

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