Archibald Scott Couper | |
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 Archibald Scott Couper | |
| Born | 31 March 1831 |
| Died | 11 March 1892 (aged 60) Kirkintilloch, Scotland |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
Archibald Scott Couper (/ˈkuːpər/; 31 March 1831 – 11 March 1892) was a Scottish chemist who proposed an early theory of chemical structure and bonding. He developed the concepts of tetravalent carbon atoms linking together to form large molecules, and that the bonding order of the atoms in a molecule can be determined from chemical evidence.