Kinetic study of the CH

The kinetics and mechanism of the reaction CH3O2 + Br → products (1) have been studied at 298 K using the discharge flow method with detection of species by mass spectrometry. The rate constant obtained is: k1 = (4.4±0.4)×10-13 cm3 molecule-1 s-1. The major and likely unique channel leads to the formation of BrO. These results, which are the first ones for this reaction, are compared with those of the CH3O2 + Cl reaction