“…(J Am SocMass Spectrom 1994,5,282-291) M ass spectrometric studies on hydrogendeuterium (HID) exchange reactions in solution have been used for structure elucidation' [1,2]. Kinetic studies on isotopic methane-hydrogen and methane-deuterium systems have demonstrated the feasibility of HID exchanges in the gas phase [3][4][5]. Presumably, the reactant ions involved for the exchange reactions include Ht, D;, CHt, CD;, CHi, CDt, CHt, and CD~.…”