An adiabatic reaction path for hydrogen abstraction from methane by methyl is computed by quantum chemical methods and then symmetrized by properly defining the reaction coordinate. T h e theoretical barriers are then fitted with the barriers defined by the parabolic and Eckart functions. Rate constants for the hydrogen and deuterium-abstraction processes via tunneling at low temperatures are then computed.
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