Hinkle et al.raise two important issues on our work "Nature of the Chemical Bond in Protonated Methane",which we would like to discuss.They are,namely,the inaccuracy of two statements we make in the text and the rebuttal of the assignment proposed to the vibrational bands at 2400 and 2700 cm~(-1).All of these issues were addressed in a private communication with Prof.Bowman,and we would like to thank him for making the discussion public.
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