His lab pioneered a method he calls "click chemistry," featuring assembly of compounds from small blocks of readily available materials.
This chemist claimed that his most exciting achievement was his total synthesis of the eight L-hexoses with Masamune. A reaction named for him and Katsuki uses t-butyl-peroxide and titanium tetra-iso-propylate. His namesake ligands are di-hydro-quinidine derivatives used in another namesake reaction, which has an alkene treated with osmium tetroxide in a method similar to Upjohn dihydroxylation. His lab pioneered a method he calls "click chemistry," featuring assembly of compounds from small blocks of readily available materials. The above reactions are his production of vicinal diols from alkenes, and his Nobel-winning production of asymmetric epoxides from allylic alcohols. FTP, name this chemist ►hailed by Eric Mukherjee and hated by Selene Koo.    
This chemist claimed that his most exciting achievement was his total synthesis of the eight L-hexoses with Masamune.
K(arl) Barry Sharpless