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From Kekule + -ene. Named after August Kekulé, the discoverer of the structure of benzene.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A circulene composed of twelve fused benzene rings, as a hollow hexagon ring, 3 benzene rings to a side. Full definition →
From Kekule + -ene. Named after August Kekulé, the discoverer of the structure of benzene.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.