The intermediate species formed during the Cc-Oe pathway is stable at the Li metal surface and can act as a precursor for further polymerization reactions leading to suppression of gas molecules as observed in previous experiments. Furthermore, the computed reaction energies and activation barriers for the four electrolyte molecules and two degradation pathways follow BEP type linear scaling relationship. We have also computed the partial atomic charges using Lowdin and Bader charge partitioning schemes to understand the effect of charge transfer on the reduction reaction mechanism. We found that the Lowdin charge scheme consistently underpredicts the atomic partial charges compared to the Bader charge analysis method.