Oxalyl dicyanide is a chemical compound with the formula C4N2O2.

Formation Oxalyl dicyanide can be formed by the hydrolysis of diiminosuccinonitrile.

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

See also Cyanogen

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