“…Over 100 papers have described the spectroscopic properties, reaction mechanisms and k i n e t i c s , 3 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 1 5 , 2 1 , 2 4 , 2 5 , 2 9 , 3 0 , 3 7 , 3 8 , 4 2 , 4 6 -8 7 thermochemistry, 10,17,18,45,47,50,59,[78][79][80]83,[88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99] and ab initio calculations 13,22,61,89,93,94,96,97, of the hydroxymethyl (CH 2 OH) radical and cation. These studies were motivated by the important roles that CH 2 OH and its isomer, CH 3 O, play in the combustion of hydrocarbon fuels, atmospheric pollution chemistry, surface science, and interstellar chemistry.…”