Reactions of isocyanates XNCO (eg, X= p-An, Ph, i-Pr) with (MeO) 2P (O) CH2CO2R [R= Me, CF3CH2,(CF3) 2CH] gave 15 formal “amides”(MeO) 2P (O) CH (CO2R) CONHX (6/7), and with (CF3CH2O) 2P (O) CH2CO2R [R= Me, CF3CH2] they gave eight analogous amide/enols 17/18. X-ray crystallography of two 6/7, R=(CF3) 2CH systems revealed Z-enols of amides structures (MeO) 2P (O) C (CO2CH (CF3) 2) C (OH) NHX 7 where the OH is cis ...