CHARACTERIZATION OF NEUTRAL AND IONIC SULFUR NITROGEN CLUSTER MOLECULES NS2 AND NS3 IN THE GAS-PHASE

Collision experiments on NS(x)- (x = 2, 3) clusters are reported, Evid ence is presented for the gas-phase existence of the corresponding NS( x). and NS(x)+ species. For x = 3, the mass spectra are very much in k eeping with a connectivity SS-NS (5) for all three charge states. For x = 2, the experimental data favor the presence of NSS (2); however, t he cyclic C2v-symmetric form 3 cannot be ruled out.