ɪɾ ɪz nˈeɪmd fɔːɹ ɪts dɪskˈʌvɚɹɚ, ðə ɹˈʌʃən kˈɛmɪst lˈɛv ɐlˌɛksɐndɹˈoʊvɪtʃ tʃˈuːɡiːv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti θɹˈiː dˈæʃ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti tˈuː, hˌuː fˈɜːst ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻd ðə ɹɪˈækʃən sˈiːkwəns ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn.
It is named for its discoverer, the Russian chemist Lev Aleksandrovich Chugaev (1873-1922), who first reported the reaction sequence in 1899.