English Explanatory Dictionary

Kekulé formula

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A skeletal formula, especially a schematic representation of benzene as a hexagon made up of alternating single and double lines that represent alternating single and double bonds

Word forms

Kekulé formula Kekulé formulas Kekulé formulae

Etymology

After Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–1896).

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