PROPOSED REACTION SCHEME FOR THE NaNO3 / CH3OH OVERLAYER EXPERIMENTS

CH3OH

H?????????????+?CH3OH ? H2 + CH2OH

CH3O??+ NO? ??CH2O + HNO + NO? ?N2O (44amu) + ?OH

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?CH2OH?+ NO? ??CH2O + HNO + NO? ?N2O (44amu) + ?OH

??????????????????+ NO? ? CH3NO (45 amu)

?CH3

+ NO2 ? CH3NO2 (61 amu)

?OH +?CH3OH ? CH2OH + H2O (18 amu)

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