| Julius Bredt | |
| Birth Date: | 29 March 1855 |
| Birth Place: | Berlin, Germany |
| Death Place: | Aachen, Germany |
| Work Institution: | Aachen University of Technology |
| Alma Mater: | University of Strasbourg |
| 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 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.[1] The rule however, has been contradicted since, by a publication 100 years later.[2]
There is a Julius Bredt lecture in his remembrance at the RWTH Aachen University.[3]