Calculations show that the lowest energy state of planar methane is a triplet which is stable to all small distortions; this result is relevant to the possibility of preparing a molecule with planar 4-co-ordinate carbon.
S. Durmaz, J. N. Murrell and J. B. Pedley, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1972, 933 DOI: 10.1039/C39720000933
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