A variety of substituted quinoline/pyridine, thiochromene and naphthalene derivatives, which might be of biological and medicinal value, were synthesized by copper-catalyzed domino S N 2'/coupling, S N 2'/deacylation/coupling and S N 2'/coupling/elimination reactions. The method provides a general and convenient approach to the synthesis of various sub-stituted cyclic compounds from the corresponding Baylis-Hillman (B-H) acetates and N-/S-/C-nucleophiles.