Julius Bredt | |
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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 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]