a = [1,2,3,4]

{1:2},{3:4}

def list_to_dicts(l):
    result = []
    for k,v in zip(l[::2], l[1::2]):
        result.append({k:v})
    return result

def list_to_dicts(l):
    for k,v in zip(l[::2], l[1::2]):
        yield {k:v}

zip(*[iter(lst)]*n)

a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
print dict(zip(*[iter(a)]*2))

[ {k:v} for k,v in dict(zip(filter(lambda x: x%2, a), filter(lambda x: not x%2, a))).items() ]

[ {k:v} for k,v in dict(zip(a[::2], a[1::2])).items() ]