HCl stretch range (2500− 3000 cm− 1) have been obtained. In a recent He droplet study, a
band at 2670 cm− 1 was assigned to the dissociated H3O+ (H2O) 3Cl− ion pair. In this work,
we have revised the assignment of this band to a cyclic hydrogen-bonded form of the (HCl) 2
(H2O) 2 cluster based on careful measurements of the pickup pressure dependence as well
as the transition moment angles associated with the HCl stretch vibrations. A number of …