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The kinetic method was used for the quantitative determination of lith
ium-cation affinities by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance. Th
is method was applied to a series of XYSO and XYSO(2) compounds. Proto
n basicities of the SO and SO2 compounds were also determined. When co
mparison is made between Li+ basicities and proton basicities, a linea
r regression encompassing XYSO and XYSO(2) families suggests that Limay be bonded in a similar way to the SO and SO2 moieties, that is, to
only one oxygen on the latter. PM3 calculations support this hypothes
is. (C) 1997 American Society for Mass Spectrometry.