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IT has generally been assumed that in the uncatalysed slow combustion of methane at below atmospheric pressure (temperature-range ∼ 400°–700° C.) peroxides, other than hydrogen peroxide, play no part and the reaction between methyl radicals and oxygen is: 
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FISHER, I., TIPPER, C. Methylhydroperoxide and the Slow Combustion of Methane. Nature 195, 489–490 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195489a0
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