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Aromatic compounds are currently defined as cyclic hydrocarbons in which the carbon skeleton is linked by a specified number of conjugated π-bonds in addition to σ-bonds (Hückel’s rule). During the early days of industrial aromatic chemistry in the mid-19th century, the structure of aromatic compounds had not yet been elucidated. The name of this class of compounds is historically-based since the first members were obtained from aromatic, i. e. pleasant-smelling resins, balsams and oils; examples of this are benzoic acid, which was obtained from gum benzoin, toluene from tolu balsam and benzaldehyde from oil of bitter almonds.
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Franck, HG., Stadelhofer, J.W. (1988). History. In: Industrial Aromatic Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73432-8_1
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