Julius Bredt

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

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.

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. 

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Name	Bredt, Julius
Alternative names
Short description	German chemist
Date of birth	March 29, 1855
Place of birth	Berlin, Germany
Date of death	September 21, 1937
Place of death	Aachen, Germany