How do you use object initializers for a list of key value pairs?

Question

I can\'t figure out the syntax to do inline collection initialization for:

var a = new List>();

Answer 1

Another alternative that doesn't require making a subclass:

List> list = new Dictionary
    {
        {"key1", "value1"},
        {"key2", "value2"},
    }.ToList();

As mentioned in the comments: drawbacks with this method include possible loss of ordering and inability to add duplicate keys.