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Aromatic
In
organic chemistry
, an
aromatic
molecule is one in which
electrons
are free to cycle around circular arrangements of atoms, most of them
carbon
, which are alternately singly and doubly
bonded
to one another. "Aromaticity" was discovered by
Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz
in
benzene
.
More at:
Aromatic hydrocarbon
--
Aromatic compound
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