Gold nanoparticles immobilized on lipoic acid functionalized SBA-15 (SBA-LAG) catalyst was synthesized via functionalization of SBA-15 with propylamine followed by tethering of lipoic acid and immobilization of gold nanoparticles. The structural and texctural characteristics of the catalyst have been determined by N-2 adsorption-desorption and low-angle XRD. The successive attachment of spacers has been characterized by C-13 CP-MAS NMR, FT-IR and TG-DTA. The size, shape, surface composition and oxidation state of gold nanoparticles have been determined by XRD, TEM and XPS techniques. SBA-LAG catalyst is found to be an efficient solid catalyst for producing good to excellent yields of propargylamines by condensing three-components such as (i) amine, (ii) aldehyde and (iii) alkyne in one-pot under solvent-free conditions. Crown Copyright (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.