Article ID: CBB000018507

Kekulé's whirling snake: Fact or fiction? (1975)

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Description The author casts doubt upon Kekulé's story about the cyclic structure for benzene coming to him in a dream, the only chemist to achieve notoriety via the dream route. (G.B. KAUFFMAN)


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Authors & Contributors
Lewis, David E.
Wotiz, John H.
Schiemenz, Günter Paulus
Rocke, Alan J.
Boutlerow, A.
Marek Petrik
Journals
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Tijdschrift voor de Geschiedenis der Geneeskunde, Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Techniek
Spontaneous Generations
Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau
Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, Fachgruppe Geschichte der Chemie
Publishers
Cuvillier Verlag
Cache River Press
Akademie-Verlag
Concepts
Organic chemistry
Chemistry
Structural chemistry
Benzene
Primary literature (historical sources)
Computational chemistry
People
Kekulé von Stradonitz, Friedrich August
Kolbe, Hermann
Butlerov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich
Loschmidt, Joseph
Le Bel, Joseph Achille
Hoff, Jacobus Henricus van't
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Germany
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