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Cyclohexanone is treated with a peroxy acid such as mCPBA. The product is

  1. Ahexanoic acid
  2. Bcyclohexane-1,2-dione
  3. Ccyclohexanol
  4. Doxepan-2-one (epsilon-caprolactone)

Answer: D

In the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation an oxygen atom is inserted between the carbonyl carbon and an adjacent carbon. For a cyclic ketone this gives a lactone with one extra ring atom: the seven-membered oxepan-2-one.
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