The IUPAC Nomenclature for Organic Chemical Transformations is a methodology for naming a chemical reaction.
A lot of reactions derive their name from the reagent involved like bromination or acylation.
On rare occasions, the reaction is named after the company responsible like in the Wacker process or the name only hints at the process involved like in the halogen dance rearrangement.
The IUPAC Nomenclature for Transformations was developed in 1981 and presents a clear-cut methodology for naming an organic reaction.
It incorporates the reactant and product in a chemical transformation together with one of three transformation types: The related IUPAC nomenclature of chemistry is designed for naming organic compounds themselves.