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    #  Species Formula
     1 Hydrogen, atomH
     2 Hydrogen (Geo)H2
     3 HydrogenH2
     4 Carbon, atomC
     5 MethylidyneHC
     6 Methylene, singlet (Geo)CH2
     7 Methylene, triplet (Geo)CH2
     8 Methylene, singletCH2
     9 Methyl, cationCH3
    10 Methane (Geo)CH4
    11 Methane CH4
    12 AcetyleneC2H2
    13 Acetylene (Geo)C2H2
    14 Vinyl, cationC2H3
    15 VinylC2H3
    16 Ethylene, cationC2H4
    17 Ethylene (Geo)C2H4
    18 EthyleneC2H4
    19 MethylmethyleneC2H4
    20 Ethyl, cationC2H5
    21 Ethyl radicalC2H5


ΔHf: -17.9 kcal/mol,     REF: J. O. Cox, G. Pilcher, "Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds," Academic Press, New York, N.Y., 1970.
I.P.: 13.6 eV,     REF: D. W. Turner, C. Baker, A. D. Baker, C. R. Brundle, "Molecular Photoelectron Spectroscopy," Wiley-Interscience, London, 1970.
  
 SYMMETRY
Methane
 I=13.6 H=-17.89,0.07 HR=C&P1970 IR=TBBB1970
 
  H     0.00000000 +0    0.0000000 +0    0.0000000 +0     0     0     0
  C     1.08518904 +1    0.0000000 +0    0.0000000 +0     1     0     0
  H     1.08518904 +0  109.4712210 +0    0.0000000 +0     2     1     0
  H     1.08518904 +0  109.4712210 +1 -120.0000000 +0     2     1     3
  H     1.08518904 +0  109.4712210 +0  120.0000000 +0     2     1     3
 
   2  1    3    4    5