Multicomponent reactions play a significant role in organic chemistry. They allow the reaction occur between three or more starting materials, providing adducts which are considered as elements for the syntheses of complex molecules with bioactive compounds. Benifiting from their diversity, these reactions are considered as valuable tools for the preparation of libraries of organic structures in the pharmaceutical research and total synthesis of natural products field.The Passerini reaction, combined with Michael addition and cyclisation, served an easy access to γ-butyrolactones with good yields. The Passerini adducts of aromatic aldehydes act as nucleophiles in Michael additions with acrylonitrile. The reaction proceeds together with hydr...