Kekulé's formula
[ key-kuh-leyz ]
nounChemistry.
the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
Origin of Kekulé's formula
1First recorded in 1935–40; named after F. A. Kekulé von Stradonitz
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