Julius Bredt
Julius Bredt | |
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Julius Bredt | |
Born |
Berlin, Germany | March 29, 1855
Died |
September 21, 1937 82) Aachen, Germany | (aged
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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