Tertiary alcohols resist oxidation due to the lack of a hydrogen atom attached to the carbon bearing the OH group, hindering the formation of a carbon-to-oxygen double bond during oxidation.
Tertiary alcohols (R3COH) do not undergo oxidation because the carbon atom carrying the OH group is not attached to a hydrogen atom but to other carbon atoms, making the oxidation process challenging.
The resistance to oxidation in tertiary alcohols is due to the necessity of forming a carbon-to-oxygen double bond, which requires a carbon atom to release an attached atom, usually hydrogen, something hindered in tertiary alcohols.
As a result, tertiary alcohols are not easily oxidized because carbon-to-carbon bonds are not easily broken under oxidative conditions compared to carbon-to-hydrogen bonds.
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