Negishi, 75, also teaches in the United States, at Purdue University in Indiana;

根岸英一，75岁，也在美国执教，他在印第安纳州的普度大学；

Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

理查德·赫克，根岸英一和铃木章分享了诺贝尔化学奖。

The winners, Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki, used palladium as a catalyst.

获奖者理查德-海克、根岸英一和铃木彰用钯原子作催化剂。

Dr Negishi, of Purdue University, then went on to improve the process, by involving zinc-based compounds, as well as palladium.

普渡大学博士根岸，然后又到完善的过程中，涉及锌基化合物，以及钯。

In 1977, Dr. Negishi used zinc compounds to ease the mingling of carbon atoms on palladium, and two years later, Dr. Suzuki found that boron compounds worked even better.

1977年根岸博士使用锌的化合物以减轻钯碳原子间的粘连。两年之后，铃木教授发现硼化合物的效果更好。