Alcohol, Tertiary

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Alcohol, Tertiary

A tertiary alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxyl (-OH) group is attached to a carbon atom that is bonded to three other carbon atoms. This means that the carbon atom carrying the hydroxyl group is linked to three other carbon atoms. An example of a tertiary alcohol is tert-butanol (CH3)3COH, where the hydroxyl group (-OH) is attached to a carbon atom that is bonded to three other carbon atoms.

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