What is the Geometry of Methane?
Below is shown the molecule Methane. Try this. Notice when you rotate the methane molecule it is off-center. Click on the tools pulldown and select ‘pickcenter’. Click the center carbon atom in the methane molecule. Now rotate the methane molecule. It should rotate around the center carbon atom. What polyhedral stucture would you think methane best represents? Click on the tetrahedral box. Now rotate the object to show how the molecule fits snugly within the tetrahedron.
