Over the last decade the environmental setup has changed for synthetic organ- ic chemists to a considerable degree. So far synthetic organic chemistry had focussed on methodology development which mainly deals with the develop- ment of new reactions as well as new reagents and catalysts. These ought to be able to perform preferentially highly selective (chemo-, regio-and stereose- lective) synthetic transformations, often applied in the context of complex and highly functionalized molecules. Except for the synthesis of peptides and oligonucleic acids, little attention has been spent on the...