In the 19th century, the scientific community puzzled over how the atoms in the mysterious compound benzene were arranged. This "aromatic" molecule soon proved to have a surprisingly simple structure: ...

IN connexion with the benzene centenary, it may perhaps be pointed out that the name Kekulé is not French. August Kekulé, born in Darmstadt (1829; he died in Bonn, 1896), was a descendant of Wilhelm ...

AT an extra meeting of the Chemical Society, held on Wednesday, December 15, Prof. F. R. Japp, F..R.S., delivered a memorial lecture in honour of the eminent German chemist, Friedrich August Kekulé, ...

Source: Auguste Kekulé in Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain In previous posts, I have described Henri Laborit's discovery of chlorpromazine (Thorazine) for psychoses, and how Heinz Lehmann and others ...