Friedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz (7 September 1829 – 13 July 1896) was a German organic chemist.
From the 1850s until his...
The separate atoms of a molecule are not connected all with all, or all with one, but, on the contrary, each one is connected only with one or with a few neighbouring atoms, just as in a chain link is connected with link. August Kekulé
The separate atoms of a molecule are not connected all with all, or all with one, but, on the contrary, each one is connected only with one or with a few neighbouring atoms, just as in a chain link is connected with link.
We define organic chemistry as the chemistry of carbon compounds. August Kekulé
We define organic chemistry as the chemistry of carbon compounds.
I rather expect that we shall some day find, for what we now call atoms, a mathematico-mechanical explanation, which will render an account of atomic weight, of atomicity, and of numerous other properties of the so-called atoms. August Kekulé
I rather expect that we shall some day find, for what we now call atoms, a mathematico-mechanical explanation, which will render an account of atomic weight, of atomicity, and of numerous other properties of the so-called atoms.
Whether a further development of the atomic hypothesis promises to advance our knowledge of the mechanism of chemical phenomena. August Kekulé
Whether a further development of the atomic hypothesis promises to advance our knowledge of the mechanism of chemical phenomena.
The question whether atoms exist or not... belongs rather to metaphysics. In chemistry we have only to decide whether the assumption of atoms is an hypothesis adapted to the explanation of chemical phenomena. August Kekulé
The question whether atoms exist or not... belongs rather to metaphysics. In chemistry we have only to decide whether the assumption of atoms is an hypothesis adapted to the explanation of chemical phenomena.
Let us learn to dream, gentlemen; then we shall perhaps find the truth. August Kekulé
Let us learn to dream, gentlemen; then we shall perhaps find the truth.