MCQ
The correct structure of benzene was proposed by
- AFaraday
- BDavy
- ✓Kekule
- DWohler
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
Kekule
c
The structure of benzene has been of interest since its discovery. German chemists Joseph Loschmidt (in $1861$) and August Kekule von Stradonitz (in $1866$) independently proposed a cyclic arrangement of six carbons with alternating single and double bonds.
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