We observe the dynamics of the products following the photodissociation of methyl hypochlorite (CH3OCl) at 267 nm in solution. An ultraviolet charge-transfer transition reveals the evolution of Cl atoms in carbon tetrachloride, dichloromethane, 1,4-dichlorobutane, and chlorocyclohexane, and the data suggest that Cl atoms rapidly form a complex with the solvent. The Cl atom signal decays in 300 ps or less as a result of diffusive geminate recombination and bimolecular reaction. Diffusive geminate recombination consumes roughly 30% to 60% of the fragments that initially escape the solvent cage, while the remaining Cl atoms either react with excess CH3OCl or abstract a hydrogen atom from the solvent. Reaction with CH3OCl plays a significant role in carbon tetrachloride, dichloromethane, and 1,4-dichlorobutane, where the hydrogen abstraction reaction is relatively slow, but the faster decay of C1 atoms in chlorocyclohexane is a result of hydrogen abstraction from the solvent. A weak absorption due to the rnethoxy radical in cyclohexane, where we cannot probe the Cl atom directly, also shows evidence of diffusive geminate recombination and hydrogen abstraction from the solvent.