Low-temperature infrared spectroscopy has been used to cxamine the systems NH3 + H20, NH3 + HCI, H 2 0 + HCI, NH3 + HN03, and NH?OH + HN03. Hydrogen-bonding in the solid states greatly reduces the reactivities in these systems. Temperatures where reactions initiated in the systems NH3(s) + HCl(g), HN03(s) + NH,(g), H20(s) + HCl(g), and NH20H(s)