Diisopropylzinc

Diisopropylzinc is an organozinc compound with the chemical formula ZnC6H14.

[1] It is the key reagent in the Soai reaction, which is both autocatalytic and enantiospecific.

[2] This chemical is pyrophoric, bursting into flame in air or in contact with water.

It is generally packaged in toluene.

[3] This article about an organic compound is a stub.

Skeletal formula of diisopropylzinc
Ball-and-stick model of the diisopropylzinc molecule