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Why doesn't chromic acid oxidize tertiary alcohol?​
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Why doesn't chromic acid oxidize tertiary alcohol?​

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Tertiary alcohols don't have a hydrogen atom attached to that carbon. You need to be able to remove those two particular hydrogen atoms in order to set up the carbon-oxygen double bond. Well I checked that on Google, hope I helped you.
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