title: Tertiary (chemistry)
text: # Tertiary (chemistry)
  
  Tertiary is a term used in organic chemistry to classify various types of compounds (e. g. alcohols, alkyl halides, amines) or reactive intermediates (e. g. alkyl radicals, carbocations).
  
  | | Red highlighted central atoms in various groups of chemical compounds. Tertiary central atoms compared with primary, secondary and quaternary central atoms. | Red highlighted central atoms in various groups of chemical compounds. Tertiary central atoms compared with primary, secondary and quaternary central atoms. | Red highlighted central atoms in various groups of chemical compounds. Tertiary central atoms compared with primary, secondary and quaternary central atoms. | Red highlighted central atoms in various groups of chemical compounds. Tertiary central atoms compared with primary, secondary and quaternary central atoms. |
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  | | primary | secondary | tertiary | quaternary |
  | Carbon atom in an alkane | | | | |
  | Alcohol | | | | does not exist |
  | Amine | | | | |
  | Amide | | | | does not exist |
  | Phosphine | | | | |
  