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Bad Calculated Bond Lengths

List of molecules with calculated bond lengths that differ by more than 0.050 Å from experimental bond lengths.

Calculated at B97D3/cc-pCVDZ

Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
N2 Nitrogen diatomic rNN 1.213 1.111 -0.101
N2 Nitrogen diatomic rNN 1.213 1.111 -0.101
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rFS 1.643 1.744 0.101
OClO Chlorine dioxide rClO 1.470 1.548 0.078
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic rClCl 1.988 2.053 0.065
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.542 0.061
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.542 0.061
ClF Chlorine monofluoride rFCl 1.628 1.687 0.059
Cl2+ chlorine diatomic cation rClCl 1.892 1.951 0.059
SCl sulfur monochloride rSCl 1.975 2.032 0.057
S2N2 Disulfur dinitride rNS 1.642 1.695 0.053
NCl nitrogen monochloride rNCl 1.611 1.663 0.052
12 molecules.