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From: moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
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Subject: Re: All of chemistry atomic and molecular geometry is that of electric coil seeking Re: CO2 has two isomers, and plants only can use animal CO2
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Archimedes Plutonium <plutonium.archimedes@gmail.com> writes:

>So now methane is C surrounded by 4 H atoms-- not to make 8 but to make 6 
>in Lewis 6 structure.

Remember, the four hydrogens of methane are identical, as long as none are
deuterium or something, there is no way to tell one from another. Think of
a perfect tetrahedron sitting on a table. If someone comes along and flips
it so that a different corner is up, there is no way to tell that has
happened. Keep that in mind while you struggle with that. This is what
tripped up John Sefton who tried to create methane out of his beloved
spinny things. Rotation has an axis which creates a preferred direction in
the central carbon, dooming John's attempt.

Have fun!