| Birth date | 29 March 1855 |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Berlin, Germany |
| Death date | 21 September 1937 (aged 82) |
| Death place | Aachen, Germany |
| Work institution | Aachen University of Technology |
| Alma mater | University of Strasbourg |
| Doctoral advisor | Rudolph Fittig |
| Known for | Bredt's rule |
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]
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
References
- ^ Conroy, Gemma (2024). "Chemists make 'impossible' molecules that break 100-year-old bonding rule". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03538-4. PMID 39487206
- ^ McDermott, L. et al. Science 386, eadq3519 (2024)
- ^ "Julius-Bredt-Vorlesung an der RWTH Aachen" (in German). Institut für Organische Chemie. Retrieved January 1, 2019.