Two different organometallic reagents now can cross-couple together with the oxidative cross-coupling strategy. Palladium catalyzed oxidative cross-couplings of alkylzinc and alkynylstannane reagents using desyl chloride as the oxidant have been explored, which produce the desired C
sp-C
sp3 cross-coupling product in surprisingly high selectivity and yields. The current catalytic system tolerates the presence of
-H, and the reactions using long chain alkyl zinc reagents gave the cross-coupling product in excellent yields and selectivities.