Kekule escapes, Popper notwithstanding

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 3045-3047

  Berson, Jerome A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene theory; History of chemistry; Kekule, August; Popper, Karl

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; ISOMER; LOGIC; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0034283624     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20000901)39:17<3045::AID-ANIE3045>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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