Of zinc alkyls derived from secondary alkyl halides, the literature reports the preparation of only one, diisopropylzinc.'In the reported preparations of this compound, isopropyl iodide was added all at once to zinc or zinc-copper couple, and heat was applied. The yields were low, and mainly gaseous products were obtained. Recent attempts to repeat and confirm this work, by methods known to be successful for the preparation of zinc alkyls from primary ...
