Julius Bredt
Julius Bredt | |
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![]() Julius Bredt | |
Born | |
Died | 21 September 1937 | (aged 82)
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Strasbourg |
Known for | Bredt's rule |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Aachen University of Technology |
Doctoral advisor | Rudolph Fittig |
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 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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Awards
[edit]There is a Julius Bredt lecture in his remembrance at the RWTH Aachen University.[1]
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Julius-Bredt-Vorlesung an der RWTH Aachen" (in German). Institut für Organische Chemie. Retrieved January 1, 2019.