This theory proceeds from the idea of atomic valence, especially the tetravalence of carbon (which Kekulé announced late in 1857) and the ability of carbon atoms to link to each other (announced in a paper published in May 1858), to the determination of the bonding order of all of the atoms in a molecule.
这个理论来自于原子价的观念，特别是碳的四价（Kekulé在1857年末宣布），和碳原子相互联系的能力（在1858年5月发表的一篇论文中宣布）以确定分子中所有原子的键合顺序。