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Julius Bredt

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Julius Bredt
Julius Bredt
Born(1855-03-29)29 March 1855
Died21 September 1937(1937-09-21) (aged 82)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Strasbourg
Known forBredt's rule
Scientific career
InstitutionsAachen University of Technology
Doctoral advisorRudolph 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]

Bredt distributor - ground glass adapter invented by Bredt

Awards

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

Further reading

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  • 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

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  1. ^ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03538-4
  2. ^ McDermott, L. et al. Science 386, eadq3519 (2024)
  3. ^ "Julius-Bredt-Vorlesung an der RWTH Aachen" (in German). Institut für Organische Chemie. Retrieved January 1, 2019.