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tertiary alcohol

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Main Entry: tertiary alcohol
Function: noun
: an alcohol characterized by the group COH consisting of a carbon atom holding the hydroxyl group andattached by its other three valences to other carbon atoms in a chain or ring
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tertiary alcohol n.
An alcohol containing the trivalent organic radical COH.

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