Reacción a "Reactions to Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Bertozzi, Meldal and Sharpless for click chemistry and its use in living organisms"

This award is a source of great pride for chemists in general and organic chemists in particular. A well-deserved award for the three laureates as the impact of click chemistry - and in particular the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of alkynes and azides as the most relevant example - has crossed the boundaries between scientific disciplines, becoming an enormously useful tool in many fields. Clearly inspired by the way nature works, the philosophy of click chemistry has helped chemists to have a fundamental tool to design and manufacture new multifunctional molecular entities. 

As I have worked with and know him personally, I would also highlight the great human qualities of Professor Sharpless, his unique way of understanding chemistry and his generosity in sharing his knowledge.