CH3 + CH2O -> HCO + CH4

SOURCE:

This is 0.6 of the expression given by Tsang and Hampson (1986), as needed to fit the data reported by Kerr and Parsonage (1976), Anastasi (1983), Choudhury et al. (1989), and Choudhury and Sanders (1989).

• Tsang, W., and Hampson, R.F. (1986) J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 15, 1087.
• Anastasi, C. (1983) J. Chem. Soc. Farad. Trans 1 79, 749.
• Manthorne, K.C., and Pacey, P.D. (1978) Can. J. Chem. 56, 1307.
• Choudhury, T.K., Sanders, W.A., and Lin, M.C. (1989) J. Phys. Chem. 93, 5143.
• Choudhury, T.K., and Sanders, W.A. (1989) J. Chem. Soc. Farad. Trans. 2 85, 801.
• Held, A.M., Manthorne, K.C., Pacey, P.D., and Reinholdt, H.P. (1977) Can. J. Chem. 55, 4128.
• Kerr, J.A., and Parsonage, M.J. (1976) Evaluated Kinetic Data on Gas Phase Hydrogen Transfer Reactions of Methyl Radicals, Butterworths, London.
• Selby, K.R. (1978) Ph D thesis, York University.

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    Temp      delta-S     delta-H      kf          kr         Keq
     (K)    (cal/mol K)  (kcal/mol) ----(mol,cm3,s)-----   
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     300         -.5       -17.0    1.63E+06    9.39E-07    1.74E+12
     500        -1.0       -17.1    3.50E+08    1.84E+01    1.90E+07
    1000        -1.2       -17.3    4.68E+10    1.44E+07    3.25E+03
    1500        -1.0       -17.0    3.91E+11    2.16E+09    1.81E+02
    2000         -.7       -16.4    1.43E+12    3.23E+10    4.44E+01
    2500         -.3       -15.5    3.61E+12    1.82E+11    1.98E+01
    3000          .1       -14.4    7.33E+12    6.12E+11    1.20E+01
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