BENZENE !!!

Well….this compound one must say totally changed the way we understand chemistry !!! , especially ORGANIC CHEMISTRY .

It behaves differently , is structurally different , chemically different …… shortly totally different from any of the organic chemicals encountered by chemists in the history of chemicals .

The basic abnormality was it’s molecular formula….It did not fit itself into any of the known homologous series !!! It was a world in itself .

So , the total credit of the extension of the field of organic chemistry into new heights must go to KEKULE aka Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz !!! Phew !! that’s a mouthful !!  yet , this person is the PRINCIPAL founder of the total theory of CHEMICAL STRUCTURE !!!

He dreaming abt benzene’s structure is the best known story among chemists !!! Was it luck or must we salute his highly intellectuality which his sub-conscious mind possesses which we all together lack in real life !!!

Benzene is the stone-stepping break-through in organic chemistry cause this is where the concept of aromaticity all starts !!!

Structurally , benzene is a wonder !!! but rhetorically , it is quite inflammable and carcinogenic !!! Hence , it’s use as a industry solvent is being questioned further !!!

Whatever may be the conclusion….Benzene has become what we called the heart-throb of every school going child who is just fascinated by the mystery of it’s structure and is blown over by the history surrounding it !!!

Well , I was ….Benzene is simply …MY BABY !!!