The use of n2Co2(CO)6-Acetylene complexes for the synthesis of enediyne antitumour antibiotics; metals in organic chemistry - is it worth taking the risk?; recent studies on the development of some new organometallic reactions for organic synthesis; stereocontrol in palladium-catalyzed reactions; highly diastereoselective additions of organometallics to chiral 1,3-Oxazolidines; first total synthesis of Scopadulcic Acid B - an illustration of the utility of palladium catalyzed polyene cyclizations; the synthesis of a-heteroalkenylmetals via hydrometallation and metallometallation of alkynes; stereocontrolled, catalytic transitions metal-ene type cyclizations in organic synthesis; perspectives in supramolecular chemistry from molecular recognition towards self-organization; Cram's Rule in radical chemistry; polycycle constructions by transition metal catalyzed and radical mediated processes.