• non-Kekulé molecule is a conjugated hydrocarbon that cannot be assigned a classical Kekulé structure[definition needed]. Since non-Kekulé molecules have...
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    particular the Kekulé structure of benzene. Kekulé never used his first given name; he was known throughout his life as August Kekulé. He did however...
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  • Kekulé may refer to: August Kekulé (1829–1896), later August Kekule von Stradonitz, German organic chemist Non-Kekulé molecule Alexander Kekulé, a German...
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  • A notable molecule editor is a computer program for creating and modifying representations of chemical structures. Molecule editors can manipulate chemical...
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  • diradicals are extremely reactive and non-Kekulé molecules that are rarely isolated. Diradicals are even-electron molecules but have one fewer bond than the...
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    alternating single and double bonds (cyclohexatriene), was developed by Kekulé (see History section below). Each bond may be seen as a hybrid of a single...
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    recognised as an aromatic molecule by Dewar in 1945. In 1936, Hückel developed the theory of π-conjugated biradicals (non-Kekulé molecules). The first example...
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  • (lowering of the energy) of the molecule. In benzene the two cyclohexatriene Kekulé structures, first proposed by Kekulé, are taken together as contributing...
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    elements" (1857–58), Friedrich August Kekulé was the first to offer a theory of how every atom in an organic molecule was bonded to every other atom. He...
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    their valence electrons. Hence they are sometimes termed Kekulé structures or Lewis–Kekulé structures. Skeletal formulae have become ubiquitous in organic...
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    p-orbitals with delocalized electrons in a molecule, which in general lowers the overall energy of the molecule and increases stability. It is conventionally...
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    with temperature-independent NMR resonances, so can be considered a non-Kekulé molecule. The species by Villinger can undergo reaction with phosphaalkyne...
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    nature was first recognized independently by Joseph Loschmidt and August Kekulé in the 19th century. Each carbon atom in the hexagonal cycle has four electrons...
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    2015-06-27. On p. 100, Kekulé suggests that the carbon atoms of benzene could form a "chaîne fermée" (closed chain). Aug. Kekulé (1872), "Ueber einige...
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    in π-conjugated non-Kekulé molecules Journal of Molecular Structure: Theochem. Lu HSM, Berson JA. Catenation of heterocyclic non-Kekule biradicals to tetraradical...
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    chemical structure, developed independently in 1858 by both Friedrich August Kekulé and Archibald Scott Couper. Both researchers suggested that tetravalent...
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    methods confirm this assignment. Conversely, meta-xylylene is a non-Kekulé molecule that has a triplet ground-state. H. E. Winberg, F. S. Fawcett "[2...
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    A chemical bond is the association of atoms or ions to form molecules, crystals, and other structures. The bond may result from the electrostatic force...
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  • N-Phenyltriazatrimethylenemethane Triplet Diradicals and a Perimidine- Derived Non-Kekulé Molecule by Photolysis of 5-Imino-4,5-dihydro-1H-tetrazoles.” H. Quast, W...
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    when the molecule is formed. In organic chemistry convention, formal charges are an essential feature of a correctly rendered Lewis–Kekulé structure...
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    agriculture. The term terpene was coined in 1866 by the German chemist August Kekulé to denote all hydrocarbons having the empirical formula C10H16, of which...
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    benzene, until the correct structure was described by Friedrich August Kekulé. Likewise, the idea of stereoisomerism – that atoms have rigid three-dimensional...
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  • activity in terms of the tetrahedral arrangement of the atoms bound to carbon. Kekulé explored tetrahedral models earlier, in 1862, but never published his work;...
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    in honor of August Kekulé, the discoverer of the structure of the benzene molecule. The nature of the π bonding within the molecule was long debated, as...
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  • properties of molecules as due to spin coupling of the π orbitals. This is essentially still the old idea of resonance between Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz...
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    alternating single and double bonds (cyclohexatriene), was developed by August Kekulé (see History section below). The model for benzene consists of two resonance...
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    1838, which has prevailed in the chemical literature. Friedrich August Kekulé proposed the term dextrose (from the Latin dexter, meaning "right"), because...
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    that the particle size is preserved. Ligands are usually some organic molecules and they are bound to metallic core via some linking atoms such as sulfur...
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    notation for more complex organic molecules. In this type of diagram, first used by the organic chemist Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, the carbon atoms...
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  • π-delocalized molecules, such as ethylene, benzene, butadiene, and pyridine. It provides the theoretical basis for Hückel's rule that cyclic, planar molecules or...
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