A theoretical study of the reaction I

The reactions are assumed to proceed through an insertion mechanism on the CH3OH ground state potential energy surface. The rate constants of CH3OH dissociation at a collision energy of 6.6 kcal/mol are obtained by the RRKM and variational RRKM theory based on our ab initio potential energy surface. The rate constants of the primary reactions suggest their branching ratios are in the order of OH>H>H2>H2O, consistent with the experimental findings. The predicted rate constant of the OH radical channel indicates a likely nonstatistical behavior. The derived bimolecular rate constant for at 300 K agrees reasonably well with the experiments.