Thermochemistry of HCOS+ and HCS2+

Heats of formation for HCOS⁺ and HCS₂⁺, obtained from high-quality ab initio calculations, have been used to determine the thermochemistry of several reactions which may form these ions in interstellar clouds or mass spectrometer experiments. Radiative association of HCO⁺ or HCS⁺ with either O or S may be important in interstellar clouds, whereas proton transfer from H₃⁺ or HCO⁺ to CS₂ or COS may be a means of synthesizing these ions by mass spectrometry. In the latter case, the relevant heats of formation are: HCS₂⁺(¹A₁) 1042 kJ mol^?1 and HCOS⁺ (¹A′) 996 kJ mol^?1.