Nitrosamide, (H2NNO), formation within [(NO)m(NH3)n]+ clusters: Theory and experiment

The generation of nitrosamide (H2NNO) molecules mediated by the cluster environment of the NO/NH3 cluster system has been explored, employing both multiphoton ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and ab initio calculations. This combined approach indicates that the H2NNO species is viable and can exist within cluster ions of the type [H2NNO···NO···NH3]+. Possible mechanisms for formation of the H2NNO species are discussed.