Nobel vision

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Looking beyond the here-and-now let click chemistry open up a whole new world of possibility

I was very happy to hear about this year’s Nobel prize in chemistry. I think that the award for ‘click’ chemistry is a useful illustration of some good research attitudes and a few bad ones. Now that the Nobel has cast its glow, it may become harder to remember the reception that the original click chemistry publication  received from other synthetic organic chemists.