I am going through Hartree-Fock calculations in detail, but the textbooks I am referring all considered homonuclear molecules as examples. So I am trying to come up with my own the Slater determinant for Methane. Kindly let me know if my application is correct!
For Methane, we have in total 10 electrons (Carbon 6e, and four Hydrogen with 1e each). We also know that valence shell electrons of C and H engage in bonding. The $1s$ shell of Carbon does not engage in bonding. I am also going to denote $+$ for spin-up and nothing for spin-down. Please note that $1s$ for first two columns in the following matrix describes the $1s$ orbital of carbon which does not involve in bonding.
$$\begin{pmatrix}1s(1)^+ & 1s(1) & S_1(1) & S_1^+(1) & S_2^+(1) & S_2(1) & S_3^+(1) & S_3(1) & S_4(1) & S_4^+(1) &\\\ 1s(2)^+ & 1s(2) & S_1(2) & S_1^+(2) & S_2^+(2) & S_2(2) & S_3^+(2) & S_3(2) & S_4(2) & S_4^+(2) \end{pmatrix}$$
For brevity, I am not writing out the rest of the eight rows in matrix. Now $S_n$ (spatial part of the wavefunction $S_n$), above in the matrix, is defined as the following:
$S_n=c_{n,1}1s + c_{n,2}2s + c_{n,3}2p_x + c_{n,4}2p_y + c_{n,5}2p_z$, where $n$ runs from $1$ to $5$. Why? because we know that these electrons engage in bonding, hence we have to take a superposition of orbitals (mixing). So in total we have 5 equations e.g. $S_1, S_2,...,S_5$.
Now each such superimposed MO (the $S_n$) can hold 2e each for a total of 10 electrons. Now the carbon $1s$ took away 2 electrons, so 8 electrons remained. And I have hit redundancy, because theoretically each $S_n$ can take 2e, so I have 10 electrons which can be accommodated, but I have only 8. Moreover in the Slater matrix above, I can't find a way to fit in $S_5$.
I am missing something. I would be glad if someone can throw some light on this.