Written by J.A Dobado | Last Updated on September 15, 2025
What is Nametkin rearrangement?
The Nametkin rearrangement is a chemical reaction that is classified as a special case of carbonium ion rearrangement.
Sergey Semyonovich Nametkin, a distinguished Russian organic chemist renowned for his research on terpene chemistry, petrochemical cracking, and camphene rearrangement, gives his name to this reaction.
This reaction occurs in camphene hydrochloride derivatives and involves the migration of a methyl group.
References
Nametkin, S. (1923), “Untersuchungen auf dem Gebiete der Campher- und Camphenilonreihe” [Studies in the field of camphor and camphenilone series] Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 432: 207-231. https://doi.org/10.1002/jlac.19234320109
Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Granada, with a long-standing research career in Computational Chemistry and molecular modeling and design.