Julius Bredt

{{Short description|German organic chemist (1855–1937)}}

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|name = Julius Bredt

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|caption = Julius Bredt

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1855|3|29|df=y}}

|birth_place = Berlin, Germany

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|nationality = German

|death_date = {{death date and age|1937|9|21|1855|3|29|df=y}}

|death_place = Aachen, Germany

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|work_institution = Aachen University of Technology

|alma_mater = University of Strasbourg

|doctoral_advisor = Rudolph Fittig

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|known_for = Bredt's rule

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}}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.{{cite journal | url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03538-4 | doi=10.1038/d41586-024-03538-4 | title=Chemists make 'impossible' molecules that break 100-year-old bonding rule | date=2024 | last1=Conroy | first1=Gemma | journal=Nature | pmid=39487206 | url-access=subscription }} The rule however, has been contradicted since, by a publication 100 years later.McDermott, L. et al. Science 386, eadq3519 (2024)

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