The wave functions and enthalpies of formation of the ground states of iodomethanes CH 4 3x I x and iodomethyl radicals CH 3 3x I x . (x = 133) were calculated ab initio with regard to electron correlation. The geometries of the molecules of these compounds were determined, as well as the normal mode frequencies and other parameters, which were used for calculating the thermodynamic functions in the 031500 K range.These functions were used for calculating the constants of the CH 4 3x I x 76 47 CH 4 3x I x 31 + I and CH 4 3x I x + I 76 47 CH 4 3x I x 31 + I 2 equilibria, which, in turn, were used for calculating the corresponding rate constants in the high concentration limit.Studies of gas-phase pyrolysis of alkyl halides have been successfully used in developing fundamentals of chemical kinetics for almost a century [1,2]. The key reactions for the alkyl halides being pyrolyzed are those between (halo)alkyl radical and atomic hydrogen: R . + H . 76 RH, halogen: R . + Hlg . 76 RHlg, or hydrogen halide molecules: R . + HHlg 76 RH + Hlg . , Hlg = Cl, Br, I.Hence, these pyrolytic experiments furnish kinetic and thermochemical information about free radicals [336]. For the last-named reactions (CH 3 . + HI, CH 3 . + HBr, C 2 H 5 . + HBr, CH 2 Br . + HI...), peculiar phenomenon of a negative activation energy was recently discovered [739], whose nature still remains to be elucidated [10313]. Accurate thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of chloro-, bromo-, and iodoalkanes and their corresponding radicals are also essential for solving less fundamental but practically vital problems, such as, e.g., simulation of the Earth ozone layer depletion or modeling of incineration of halogencontaining waste.