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Ab initio calculations of the activation energy of the reaction of hyd
rogen exchange between the methane molecule and the H3O+ ion in the ga
seous phase have been carried out by using Hartree-Fock methods and Mo
eller-Plesset second order perturbation theory (MP2) methods. The stru
cture of the transition state of this reaction has been found. The int
eraction of the H3O+ ion with molecules of aliphatic hydrocarbons and
amino acids has been studied by the semiempirical AML method.