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Cyclohexanone reacts with a peroxy acid (Baeyer-Villiger oxidation). The product is

  1. A6-hydroxyhexanoic acid
  2. Bcyclohexene oxide
  3. Coxepan-2-one (-caprolactone)
  4. Dhexanedioic acid

Answer: C

The peroxy acid inserts an oxygen atom between the carbonyl carbon and an adjacent ring carbon. A cyclic ketone therefore gives a lactone, and cyclohexanone gives the seven-membered lactone oxepan-2-one. The hydroxy acid would need a later hydrolysis step.
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