Julius Bredt

Julius Bredt (March 29, 1855 – September 21, 1937) was a German organic chemist. He was the first to determine, in 1893, the correct structure of camphor. Bredt also discovered that a double bond cannot be placed at the bridgehead of a bridged ring system, a statement now known as Bredt's rule.

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Julius Bredt
Julius Bredt
Born(1855-03-29)March 29, 1855
Berlin, Germany
DiedSeptember 21, 1937(1937-09-21) (aged 82)
Aachen, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Strasbourg
Known forBredt's rule
Scientific career
InstitutionsAachen University of Technology
Doctoral advisorRudolph Fittig

Awards

There is a Julius Bredt lecture in his remembrance at the RWTH Aachen University.[1]

Further reading
  • George B. Kauffman (1983). "Julius Bredt and the structure of camphor: on the threshold of modern stereochemistry". Journal of Chemical Education. 60 (4): 341–342. doi:10.1021/ed060p341.

References
  1. "Julius-Bredt-Vorlesung an der RWTH Aachen" (in German). Institut für Organische Chemie. Retrieved January 1, 2019.




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