The reaction of 2-chloro-l,3,5-trinitrobenzene (picryl chloride) and an equivalent amount of arylthiolate (R = H, CH,. OCH,, Br. CI, NO,) gave 2-arylthio-l,3.5-trinitrobenzenes (1-6). It is found that the chemical shifts of H-4.6 gave good linear relationship with Hammett u constants indicating that the inductive effect of the substituents of the arylthio moieties is transmitted to the picryl ring through the sulfur atom. Meanwhile the reaction of picryl chloride with two fold arylthiolate gave 1.2-bis arylthio-3.5-dinitrobenzenes (%13) except with 4-nitrobenzenethiolate. The 'H NMR spectra of bis arylthio compounds indicate that these sulfides exist in a skew conformation. The oxidation of bis arylthio compounds with KMnO, gave the corresponding I ,2-bis-arylsulfonyl-3.5-dinitrobenzenes (1519). Fragmentation processes using tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) in relation to structure and substituent are discussed.