Re: Methane shape..

tobe_better@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi all,

How scientists came to know about how Methane looks like (or any other
molecules) ? Is there any natural fractal form of it?

Methane is a regular tetrahedron with the carbon at its centroid.
Crack an organic text.

J. Chem. Phys. 33(4) 1254 (1960)
"Equilibrium Bond Lengths in Methane and Deuteromethane as Determined
by Electron Diffraction and Spectroscopic Methods"

You want fractals?

http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?se0299


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