Abstract
AbstractThe rate constant for the reaction (1) CH3O + O → products at 298 K has been determined using 248 nm laser co‐photolysis of CH3ONO/O3 mixtures for the generation of CH3O radicals and O atoms combined with LTF for time resolved detection of CH3O and product OH. k1 is found to be (2.5±0.7) 10−11 cm3/s with a relative yield of OH of Φ = ‐Δ[OH]/Δ[CH3O] = 0.12+0.08−0.04. The results are shown to be consistent with a primary capture mechanism on an electronically adiabatic surface forming highly vibrationally excited CH3O and followed by rapid subsequent decomposition or isomerization, viz. magnified image.From modelling of the OH yield using RRKM theory the isomerization barrier between CH3O2 and CH2OOH is placed near 160 kJ/mol in good agreement with recent ab initio calculations. As a consequence the CH3 + O2 combustion reaction is predicted to proceed primarily via the low energy CH2O + OH channel, in contrast to most previous suggestions.
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