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tertiary alcohols are resistant to oxidation because they do not have alpha hydrogen atom of large +I effect of alkyl groups of greater stearic hinderence

 tertiary alcohols are resistant to oxidation because
  1. they do not have alpha hydrogen atom
  2. of large +I effect of alkyl groups
  3. of greater stearic hinderence

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Bhavya
askIITians Faculty 1281 Points
8 years ago
the answer is 1.

Tertiary alcohols(R3COH) areresistant to oxidationbecause the carbon atom that carries the OH group does not have a hydrogen atom attached but is instead bonded to other carbon atoms. Theoxidation reactions we describe involve the formation of a carbon-to-oxygen double bond.

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