Addressing a dynamic aspect of organic chemistry, this book describes synthetic strategies and applications for multicomponent reactions - including key routes for synthesizing complex molecules. * Illustrates the crucial role and the important utility of multicomponent reactions (MCRs) to organic syntheses * Compiles novel and efficient synthetic multicomponent procedures to give readers a complete picture of this class of organic reactions * Helps readers to design efficient and practical transformations using multicomponent reaction strategies * Describes reaction background, applications to synthesize complex molecules and drugs, and reaction mechanisms