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Quote by August Kekule

“Carbon is, as may easily be shown and as I shall explain in greater detail later, tetrabasic or tetratomic, that is 1 atom of carbon = C = 12 is equivalent to 4 At.H.”

Quote by August Kekule

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August Kekule was a German chemist renowned for his contributions to organic chemistry. His most famous achievement was the proposal of the benzene ring structure, which had a profound impact on the development of chemical structural theory. more

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