In the 19th century, the scientific community puzzled over how the atoms in the mysterious compound benzene were arranged. This "aromatic" molecule soon proved to have a surprisingly simple structure: ...

Source: Auguste Kekulé in Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain In previous posts, I have described Henri Laborit's discovery of chlorpromazine (Thorazine) for psychoses, and how Heinz Lehmann and others ...

Researchers have moved packets of energy along a molecular ladder made of hundreds of benzene rings. Such polymers can potentially be used to design new displays based on organic light-emitting diodes ...

In 1862, a chemist nodded off in front of a fire and began to dream. August Kekulé had been pondering the most pressing question in his field at the time: what was the chemical structure of a curious ...

Earlier this month, Molecule of the Week brought you the venerable and extremely hazardous molecule benzene. This week’s molecule has one of the structures that was originally proposed for benzene: ...