Julius Bredt

Julius Bredt (29 March 1855 – 21 September 1937) was a German organic chemist. He was the first to determine, in 1893, the correct structure of camphor. Bredt also proposed in 1924 that a double bond cannot be placed at the bridgehead of a bridged ring system, a statement now known as Bredt's rule.^[1] The rule however, has been contradicted since, by a publication 100 years later.^[2]

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Julius Bredt
Julius Bredt
Born	(1855-03-29)29 March 1855 Berlin, Germany
Died	21 September 1937(1937-09-21) (aged 82) Aachen, Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Strasbourg
Known for	Bredt's rule
Scientific career
Institutions	Aachen University of Technology
Doctoral advisor	Rudolph Fittig

Awards

There is a Julius Bredt lecture in his remembrance at the RWTH Aachen University.^[3]

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. Bibcode:1983JChEd..60..341K. doi:10.1021/ed060p341.