Introduetlon. Although potassium hydrogenperoxomonosulfate is sold in an impure form commercially, pure salts of peroxomonosulfate have not been previously available. We have developed a procedure involving hydrolysis of K2S208 that affords highly pure KHSOs.H20. This product yielded crystals suitable for the first determination of the structure of the HSO~-ion. An earlier X-ray study (Kyrki & Lappalainen, 1965) reported an orthorhombic unit cell but did not include a structure determination.Because of the difference in chemistry of oxidation- -(Kirfel & Will, 1980, 1981, and for $2032-(Elerman, Bats & Fuess, 1983).0108-2701/84/I 11781-05501.50Experimental. Concentrated solution of sodium peroxodisulfate was converted to the acid by passage through a column of Dowex 50X8 cation-exchange resin in the hydrogen form. The solution was concentrated in a rotary evaporator and hydrolyzed by heating at 323 K until no peroxodisulfate was detected. The solution was then neutralized to pH 3.5 by addition of KHCO 3 in an ice bath, filtered and freeze-dried. The residue was redissolved in a small quantity of water at room temperature and filtered. The filtrate was chilled in an ice bath and the crystals that formed were filtered, washed with a small quantity of absolute ethanol and dried between sheets of filter paper. Iodometric analysis indicated a bulk composition approximating KHSOs.-H20. Plate-like crystal; ~0.07 x 0.23 x 0.27 mm; Enraf-Nonius CAD-4 diffractometer; T maintained by constant flow of N 2 gas; 24 reflections, 0 = 9-15 °, used for cell dimensions; empirical ~,-scan absorption (range of transmission = 0.