 Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reaction

The Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reaction is a nickel/chromium coupling reaction forming an alcohol from the reaction of an aldehyde with an allyl or vinyl halide.In their original 1977 publication, Tamejiro Hiyama and Hitoshi Nozaki  reported on a chromium(II) salt solution prepared by reduction of chromic chloride by lithium aluminium hydride to which was added benzaldehyde and allyl chloride