Downloaded song won't sync to iphone, needs to be converted

I bought a song on iTunes and it downloaded to my iTunes, but it won't sync to my iPhone, the message states that the song needs to be converted.  How do I do that?
Thanks
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Update:  seems to not be linked to just a song. Un-syncing any one of apps, songs, etc. creates the error on the last step of the sync.  Still no error code, but seems to stem from a copy activity of some sort from a purchase made on the phone. Went away briefly when I sync'd the mac with the 'purchased' list in iTunes.

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