Biography:Julius Bredt
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Short description: German organic chemist (1855–1937)
Julius Bredt | |
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 Julius Bredt | |
| Born | 29 March 1855 |
| Died | 21 September 1937 (aged 82) Aachen, Germany |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Strasbourg |
| Known for | Bredt's rule |
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| 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 discovered that a double bond cannot be placed at the bridgehead of a bridged ring system, a statement now known as Bredt's rule.
Awards
There is a Julius Bredt lecture in his remembrance at the RWTH Aachen University.[1]
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. Bibcode: 1983JChEd..60..341K.
References
- ↑ "Julius-Bredt-Vorlesung an der RWTH Aachen" (in de). Institut für Organische Chemie. http://www.ioc.rwth-aachen.de/Bredt.html. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
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