Isotope exchange in disulfur monoxide-water charged complexes: a mass spectrometric and computational study.

A hitherto unknown, isotope-exchange reaction is studied in ionized gaseous mixtures containing disulfur monoxide and water. The kinetics, mechanism, and intermediate of the reaction are investigated by experimental and theoretical methods. The reactivity of the S(2)O(*+) cation with water is investigated under a wide range of pressures ranging from 10(-7) to 10(-4) Torr, by FT-ICR, TQ, and high-resolution CAD mass spectrometry. In the high-pressure limit the reaction proves to be a route to strongly bound sulfur-containing species.