Gas phase anion clusters, consisting of solvent molecules hydrogen bonded to halide anions, are characterised by vibrational predissociation spectroscopy using a combination of mass spectrometry and laser spectroscopy. Monitoring changes in the vibrational properties of neutral solvent molecules when they are attached to a halide anion allows one to infer cluster structures. In some cases, the spectra contain rotationally resolved features, so that quantitative structural parameters can be obtained. (For complete abstract open document)