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Michelle Francl wonders what makes benzene resonate with chemists.

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  1. Michelle Francl is Professor of Chemistry on the Clowes Fund for Science and Public Policy and is in the Department of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010-2899, USA,

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Francl, M. A molecule with a ring to it. Nature Chem 7, 6–7 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2136

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