1939 ⟶ Linus Pauling Publishes The Nature of the Chemical Bond
Linus Pauling publishes The Nature of the Chemical Bond, a c...
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🔷 Kekulé Establishes Structure of Benzene
Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, based partially on the work of Loschmidt and others, establishes structure of benzene as a six carbon ring with alternating single and double bonds.⟶
ChemistryOrganic ChemistryKekuléBenzeneMolecular Structure19th CenturyStructural FormulaChemical Bonding
Germany🧪 Lewis publishes "The Atom and the Molecule"
Gilbert N. Lewis publishes "The Atom and the Molecule", the foundation of valence bond theory.⟶
ChemistryValence Bond TheoryMolecular ChemistryLewisChemical BondingTheoretical Chemistry20th Century Chemistry
United States🔬 Linus Pauling Publishes Pauling's Rules for X-ray Crystallography
Linus Pauling publishes Pauling's rules, which are key principles for the use of X-ray crystallography to deduce molecular structure.⟶
ChemistryX-ray CrystallographyMolecular StructureLinus PaulingPauling's RulesCrystallographyStructural Chemistry20th Century
United States🔗 Pauling and Mulliken Quantify Electronegativity
Linus Pauling and Robert Mulliken quantify electronegativity, devising the scales that now bear their names.⟶
ChemistryElectronegativityPaulingMullikenChemical BondingMolecular PropertiesChemical ScalesTheoretical Chemistry
United States🧪 Linus Pauling Publishes The Nature of the Chemical Bond
Linus Pauling publishes The Nature of the Chemical Bond, a compilation of a decades worth of work on chemical bonding. It is one of the most important modern chemical texts. It explains hybridization theory, covalent bonding and ionic bonding as explained through electronegativity, and resonance as a means to explain, among other things, the structure of benzene.⟶
ChemistryChemical BondingLinus PaulingMolecular StructureCovalent BondingIonic BondingHybridizationElectronegativityResonance1930s
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