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how can carbon form 6 bonds if its an aldehyde :SI guess the first reaction was for an aldehyde being oxidised to a carboxylic acid. I wrote orange to green. I don't think it was a tertiary alcohol. The compound to be oxidized was (CH3)3CHO. Wouldn't the aldehyde group be oxidized to a carboxylic acid?