Iodine → 4-Iodo-6-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-7-one

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To a mixture of cyclohex-3-enecarboxylic acid (racemate, 42.0 g, 333 mmol), potassium iodide (72.0 g, 433 mmol) and sodium hydrogencarbonate (36.4 g, 433 mmol) in methylene chloride (750 mL) and water (750 mL) was added iodine (110.0 g, 433 mmol) at an internal temperature of 5° C., and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. After quenched with 1 N aqueous sodium thiosulfate (1500 mL), the resulting mixture was extracted with methylene chloride (1000 mL×2). The combined organic layers were washed with aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate (1000 mL), water (2000 mL) and brine (1000 mL), dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, then concentrated under reduced pressure. The precipitated crystals were collected by filtration and washed with hexane, followed by drying, to thereby give the title compound (80.2 g, 95%) as a white solid.

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