Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Oxomalondiamides and related systems are readily formed from derivatives of oxalic acid monoamides. The monoamides are converted to labile triacyl nitriles through cyano ylide intermediates for further coupling with amines and other nucleophiles. ... In previous studies 1 we outlined procedures for ...