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Hydrogen cyanide can be dimerised (with oxidation) followed by hydration to give oxamide.

The solvent is an aqueous-organic mixture.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

4
HCN
  +  
O2
  +  
Cu2+
  +  
2
H2O
         
2
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