Diisopropylzinc is an organozinc compound with the

chemical formula In chemistry, a chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, ...

ZnC₆H₁₄. It is the key reagent in the Soai reaction, which is both autocatalytic and enantiospecific. This chemical is

pyrophoric A substance is pyrophoric (from grc-gre, πυροφόρος, , 'fire-bearing') if it ignites spontaneously in air at or below (for gases) or within 5 minutes after coming into contact with air (for liquids and solids). Examples are organolith ...

, bursting into flame in air or in contact with water. It is generally packaged in toluene.

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