click chemistry

The English word “click chemistry” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

A philosophy of chemistry in which substances are generated quickly and reliably by joining small modular units together, as in nature.

Coined by Karl Barry Sharpless (born 1941), American chemist, circa 2001.

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