AUTHOR=Ha Hyun-Joon TITLE=Recent advances in synthesizing and utilizing nitrogen-containing heterocycles JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2023 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2023.1279418 DOI=10.3389/fchem.2023.1279418 ISSN=2296-2646 ABSTRACT=The use of organocatalysts and a pot economy strengthens the recent organic synthesis. Those synthetic methodologies may be applicable in laboratory preparation or in the industrial production of valuable organic compounds. In most cases, synthetic challenges are overcome by highly efficient and environmentally benign organocatalysts in a pot-economical manner. It is exemplified by the recent synthesis of tetrahydropyridine-containing (-)-quinine.