Well, it turns out from experimental results, we know that acetylene is a better acid. In fact, acetylene is ten to 30 times better at donating an H plus atom than this methane compound. So why is that? Why is it that this hydrocarbon is so much better at donating an H plus atom than this simpler hydrocarbon? Well, it turns out the reason is this anion is much more stable than this anion, and therefore, this reaction is much more likely to take place. So now let's examine why this compound, this anion, is much more stable.