AbstractIn this report, we present recent progress in synthetic methodologies based on three heterocyclic chiral building blocks developed from our laboratories. The potential of these chiral building block-based methods in the concise asymmetric synthesis of alkaloids and medicinally interesting molecules has been demonstrated by the total syntheses of 8-aza-prostaglandin E₁, 11-hydroxylated analogues of the lead compounds CP-734432 and PF-04475270, (+)-castanospermine, (+)-1-epi-castanospermine, 7-deoxy-6-epi-castanospermine as well as 9-epi-sessilifoliamide J.