“…Along with reaction 13, which is known to be central to CO oxidation, the extended mechanism includes reactions 15 and 16f , because they are needed for describing stoichiometric and rich flames, with deletion of 15b leading in particular to large overpredictions of burning rates for rich mixtures. On the other hand, reaction 14f, unimportant for flame propagation, was found to be essential for describing autoignition for conditions near the second explosion limit, in agreement with previous studies [7]. For the conditions tested herein, all additional reactions of the San Diego mechanism [2], including CO + O 2 ⇋ CO 2 + O as well as formyl reactions with O, OH, and O 2 , were found to have a negligible effect on the combustion process.…”