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|10.In the illegal production of the drug, the pure D form cannot usually be synthesized for practical reasons, and the racemic mixture is made instead. One particular method starts with

compound P, and this is converted to X by treatment with HI. Propose a mechanism for this transformation. OH group gets protonated by HI and leaves first. There is then neighbouring group participation by the adjacent sulfur group. I in the product is racemic.

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