Quantum chemical calculations and dynamics simulations were performed to study the reaction between methyl peroxy radical (CH3O2) and O2. The reaction proceeds through three different pathways (1) H-atom abstraction, (2) O2 addition and (3) concerted H-atom shift and O2 addition reactions. The concerted H-atom shift and O2 addition pathway is the most favourable reaction both kinetically and thermodynamically. The major product channel formed from these reactions is H2CO + OH + O2. Trajectory calculations also confirm that H2CO + OH + O2 is the main product channel. An estimated rate constant expression for this reaction from master equation calculations is 4.20 × 1013 e−8676/T cm3 mole−1 s−1.
