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Julius Bredt

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German organic chemist (1855-1937)

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Julius Bredt 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.

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Julius Bredt 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.

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Lived 1855 to 1937 · aged 82
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