On Chemical Structure

Abstract

In this paper the author drew attention to the nature of the process of Chemical Exchange (including substitution, double decomposition, and some cases of direct addition and subtraction), as a process by which the number of relations in which any given atom stands is unaffected. He pointed out the connection between this process and the notion of chemical structure, and discussed the nature of those chemical processes in which the number of relations of an atom is increased or diminished.