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Benzene

Benzene

In 1833, Mr. Michael Faraday, an English scientist, was the first to discover benzene through his investigation of heating and illuminating oils from it. In 1865, a German chemist named Friedrich August Kekule found benzene in the coal and came up with “the hexagonal structure” for benzene shown to the right. The story behind this structure is that Kekule one day took a nap and dreamed of the chemical structure of benzene. He mentioned "there were long rows, sometimes more closely fitted together, all twining and twisting in snake-like motion. But look! What was that? One of the snakes had seized hold of its own tail, and the form whirled mockingly before my eyes."

Scientists spent a lot of work to know more about benzene. Benzene is an aromatic molecul...

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