“…10 Following this pioneering study, numerous protocols solely for the Cu-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling have emerged to date, 11 including aqueous, 12 solvent-free, 13 microwave-assisted, 14 and visible-light promoted ones 15 as well as utilizing recyclable heterogeneous catalysts. 16 This approach proved useful and sometimes even indispensable in performing macrocyclizations, 17 the domino construction of a plethora of various heterocycles, 18 assembly of stable organic radicals 19 and supramolecular architectures, 20 and the preparation of natural products and their derivatives ( e.g. carbohydrates, 21 steroids, 22 core structure of terpenoid brownin F, 23 antibiotic anisomycin, 24 rosuvastatin analogs, 25 alkaloids isocryptolepine 26 and lennoxamine, 27 bioactive benzofurans, 28 butenolides, 29 and phthalides 30 ).…”