Friedrich August Kekulé

Friedrich August Kekulé was a 19th-century German chemist renowned for his discovery of the structure of benzene, a fundamental building block of many chemicals. He proposed that benzene's atoms form a ring, which was a breakthrough in understanding organic chemistry. Kekulé's insight came from a dream-inspired moment, where he visualized the molecule as a ring of carbon atoms, helping scientists better grasp how complex organic compounds are organized. His work laid the foundation for modern chemical structure theory and significantly advanced the field of chemistry.