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Methane can be protonated by superacids to the carbonium ion:

H+ + CH4 -> [CH5]+

So methane is a Lewis base but, like helium, it is an exceedingly feeble proton abstractor.

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They can lose a proton, but their tendency to lose a proton is so small that the term acid would not normally be applied to them.

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