Stacked base-pair structures of adenine nucleosides stabilized by the formation of hydrogen-bonding network involving the two sugar groups

► A combination of laser desorption and supersonic jet-cooling is used to produce base pairs of adenine nucleosides. ► Stacked base-pair structure of N6,N6-dimethyladnosine is identified by IR vibrational spectroscopy. ► Anharmonic vibrational calculation is employed to analyze the vibrational mode coupling in the stacked base pair.