Introduction to Benzene: preparation, properties, reactivity and uses
Written by Adeel Abbas Discovery of benzene The discovery of benzene is generally attributed to the German chemist Friedrich August Kekulé. In the 1850s and 1860s, Kekulé proposed that the carbon atoms in benzene were arranged in a ring, with alternating double bonds. He also proposed that these double bonds were delocalized, meaning that the … Read more