Julius Bredt

Julius Bredt
Julius Bredt
Born(1855-03-29)29 March 1855
Berlin, Germany
Died21 September 1937(1937-09-21) (aged 82)
Aachen, Germany
EducationUniversity of Strasbourg
Known forBredt's rule
Scientific career
WorkplacesAachen University of Technology
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. The rule however, has been contradicted since, by a publication 100 years later.

Bredt distributor - ground glass adapter invented by Bredt

Awards

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

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Conroy, Gemma (2024). "Chemists make 'impossible' molecules that break 100-year-old bonding rule". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03538-4. PMID 39487206.
  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.