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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 ROMP2/6-31G

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
FCO Carbonyl fluoride rCF 1.326 1.429 0.103
CBr Carbon monobromide rCBr 1.821 1.951 0.130
CH2Cl chloromethyl radical rCCl 1.691 1.796 0.105
SO2 Sulfur dioxide rSO 1.432 1.633 0.201
KH Potassium hydride rKH 2.243 2.378 0.136
O2 Oxygen diatomic rOO 1.208 1.417 0.209
O2- oxygen diatomic anion rOO 1.350 1.502 0.152
NF3 Nitrogen trifluoride rNF 1.365 1.468 0.103
GeCl Germanium monochloride rClGe 2.164 2.312 0.148
OClO Chlorine dioxide rClO 1.470 1.700 0.231
SiF silicon monofluoride rSiF 1.604 1.720 0.116
NS Mononitrogen monosulfide rNS 1.497 1.619 0.122
FO Oxygen monofluoride rFO 1.354 1.461 0.107
GaP Gallium monophosphide rPGa 2.450 2.287 -0.163
SiP Silicon monophosphide rSiP 2.078 2.205 0.128
Se2 Selenium diatomic rSeSe 2.166 2.353 0.187
PS phosphorus sulfide rPS 1.900 2.063 0.163
LiS Lithium monosulfide rLiS 2.150 2.258 0.109
Ar2+ Argon diatomic cation rArAr 2.320 2.626 0.306
SeO Selenium monoxide rSeO 1.639 1.748 0.108
SO Sulfur monoxide rOS 1.500 1.760 0.260
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.659 0.178
PF2 Phosphorus difluoride rPF 1.579 1.718 0.139
SiCl Clorosilylidyne rSiCl 2.061 2.258 0.196
CrH Chromium hydride rHCr 1.655 1.808 0.153
NBr nitrogen monobromide rNBr 1.765 1.949 0.184
PO Phosphorus monoxide rPO 1.476 1.632 0.156
CaH Calcium monohydride rCaH 2.003 2.179 0.177
SiBr Silicon monobromide rSiBr 2.209 2.372 0.163
SiF3 Silicon trifluoride radical rFSi 1.565 1.684 0.119
ClO Monochlorine monoxide rClO 1.596 1.795 0.199
SCl sulfur monochloride rSCl 1.975 2.217 0.242
CaCl calcium monochloride rClCa 2.437 2.713 0.276
BrO Bromine monoxide rOBr 1.718 1.901 0.184
SF Monosulfur monofluoride rSF 1.599 1.751 0.151
GaCl Gallium monochloride rClGa 2.202 2.321 0.120
AlP Aluminum monophosphide rAlP 2.400 2.284 -0.116
S2 Sulfur diatomic rSS 1.889 2.148 0.259
38 molecules.