Iam confused what is being asked, can someone give an explanation to what is being asked? part of the reasoning that led van't hoff and le bel to propose a tetrahedral shape for methane, ch4, was based on the number of compounds that are theoretically possible for substituted methanes; that is, compounds in which one or more hydrogens have been replaced by some other group. for example, only one compound of the type ch2x2 has ever been found. is this consistent with a tetrahedral shape? with a square planar shape? provide an explanation for each answer using appropriate diagrams.