@pureaccuracy874
"benzene is a ring"* *This was revealed to me in a dream
@phobos7019
Love the fact you went to the RI and then talked to them about errors you found in papers from hundreds of years ago! Now that is dedication. Really shows how good Lonsdale was at maths!!
@alexglase765
Perhaps the best YouTube recommendation I’ve ever gotten. I’m doing my undergrad in Chemistry, and the occasional discussion of history always leaves me wondering how exactly they would have figured all this stuff out back then.
@theeniwetoksymphonyorchest7580
As a stamp collector in the 1970s, you could freely buy benzene to dissolve old stamp adhesive. No one seemed too worried about the dire health effects. Those were the days, eh.
@grinreaperoftrolls7528
As someone who loves organic chemistry, this was so interesting. I love learning the whole history of how we discovered what I learned from my textbook.
@anthonyskrobul3726
As a Ph.D. organic chemist, I endorse this video. Thank you for your great channel.
@pyrophoria2206
"The chemist I'm referring to is of course August Kekule" Me: "Ah yeah, was just about to say that..."
@alexrogers777
No joke, I learned more about Pi bonds from this one video than I did in my entire organic chem class. Good job dude
@carelessanonymous6570
Phenomenal video. Doing my undergrad in chemistry right now, and I loved learning about the history of how we came to our modern understanding of complex concepts. We may think things like pi delocalization or electron orbitals are somewhat intuitive or simple now, but its humbling and inspiring to learn how people discovered them, and how we stand on the shoulders of giants.
@evanfontenot5480
Don’t stop making these videos and I promise you’ll get the recognition you deserve
@Crackkka
Underrated.
@albertoreyabuelo2504
I am amazed by the quality of your videos and the few people that watches them. Its a pitty, but great video.
@mactan_sc
friendship with benzene over, now cubane is my best friend
@andrewhaychemistry
Fascinating video, thanks. I must pop in and see Faraday's lab next time I'm in London. You did a brilliant job decoding Kekule's structures, it's wonderful to see the ingenuity of the time working out organic structures without the shorthand bonding lines we all take for granted today.
@sahhaf1234
Thanks! Unfortunately I can only give this much. Your work worths much more...
@maxjk1143
fantastic videos. especially the atomic pictures imagined by kekule really made me realize what a hard way it was to grasp the atom.
@spencer1980
Chemistry to me remains the most mysterious science, which is why I studied it. It's just so unintuitive, even today, and I had access to all the bells and whistles too. It's insane to me that they even knew what the elements were in the 19th century.
@davidedgar2818
This molecule is so very interesting and so very involved with even modern chemistry.
With my current work, benzene is considered a contaminate and I have also learned it's beneficial properties as well.
In a certain way I feel it was an essential part of the formation of early cellular beginnings.
@agnelomascarenhas8990
It's when you came to delocalized electrons, I got excited. The colors of dyes and organic polymer semiconductors are something I'd like to understand. The history was interesting in itself. Thank you for the interesting video.
@Chemistorian