Oxalyl dicyanide explained

Oxalyl dicyanide is a chemical compound with the formula C₄N₂O₂.

Formation

Oxalyl dicyanide can be formed by the hydrolysis of diiminosuccinonitrile.^[1]

Reactions

Oxalyl dicyanide can condense with diaminomaleonitrile to make pyrazinetetracarbonitrile and also 5,6-dihydroxypyrazine-2,3-dicarbonitrile, both derivatives of pyrazine.^[1]

See also

• Cyanogen

Notes and References

1. Book: Science of Synthesis: Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations Vol. 16: Six-Membered Hetarenes with Two Identical Heteroatoms . 2014 . Georg Thieme Verlag . 978-3-13-178071-3 . 2035 . en.