The copper(I)-catalyzed azide alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) using the conventional Sharpless-Fokin catalyst that consists of CuSO 4 + Na ascorbate, the most well-known and used "click" reaction, is considerably accelerated by the addition of a tris(triazolyl)-polyethylene glycol (tris-trz-PEG) amphiphilic ligand in water under ambient conditions. Only parts-per-million Cu I were necessary to reach quantitative yields with TON up to 86000 and TOF 3600 h -1 . The ligand was fully recycled, and the catalyst reused at least 6 times without decomposition. Large-scale syntheses were also successfully achieved with 93 % yield. The catalyst was applied to the efficient synthesis of various useful functional products with medicinal, catalytic, targeting, and labeling properties.