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Insert an Oxygen, Ketone → Ester
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Carbonyl C
sp²
Migration
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Stage
ketone + peroxyacid
Carbon
Carbonyl oxygen (from ketone)
Inserted oxygen (from peroxyacid)
Peroxyacid O-O + OH
Migrating group
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