Kekulé's formula

[ key-kuh-leyz ]

nounChemistry.
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1935–40; named after F. A. Kekulé von Stradonitz

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