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. 2016 Oct 17;7:13213. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13213

Table 3. Predicted products of the CH3O2+OH reaction and best-estimate yields at various pressures and corresponding average temperatures in the troposphere above the tropics.

Reaction products Reaction channel 1,013 hPa, 298 K 750 hPa, 285 K 400 hPa, 256 K
CH3O+HO2 (2) 0.82 0.85 0.88
CH3OOOH* (4)* 0.107 0.074 0.035
CH3OH+O2 (3) 0.069 0.072 0.078

*Channel 4: CH3O2+OH→thermalized CH3OOOH.

Overall yield of CH3OH formed through activated CH3OOOH.