Organozinc reagents are less reactive than Grignard reagents but they are much more chemoselective Since the Negishi cross coupling reaction developed by Ei ichi Negishi who was awarded the Nobel Price in chemistry in 2010 a number of cross coupling reactions involving organozinc derivatives and transition metal catalysts Pd Ni Fe Co Cu has been tuned up to form C C bonds This book on Organozinc derivatives and transition metal catalysts has been written by experts in the field and is a complement to the book entitled Grignard reagents and transition metal catalysts a De Gruyter book edited by J Cossy Grignard reagents or organozinc reagents that is the question From a given substrate what is the best organometallic reagent and the best transition metal to form a C C bond by using a cross coupling reaction The solution might be found in these two books Organozinc reagents are used in cross coupling reactions and have better chemoselectivity and functional group tolerance than Grignard reagents Catalysis of organozinc reagents using various metals for C C bond formation is discussed