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 |
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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†.