A series of key stationary points of potential energy surface (PES) for the
CH2ClFO system has been calculated at G3(MP2) level. The calculations reve
al three intermediaries, fourteen transition states and twenty product chan
nels. With the stationary points, gas phase decomposition mechanism of CHCl
FOH is discussed. The four - center 1,2 - HX (X = F, Cl) elimination mechan
ism is dominant reaction channel for CHClFOH. But OCl and OF bond scissions
might be competitive in the case of its two isomers.