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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 B1B95/CEP-31G

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
H2ONH3 Water Ammonia Dimer rNH 2.983 1.792 -1.191
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone rSO 1.431 1.656 0.225
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone rCS 1.777 1.895 0.118
CH3CHCl2 Ethane, 1,1-dichloro- rCCl 1.766 1.866 0.100
CH3CHClCH2CH3 Butane, 2-chloro- rCCl 1.781 1.907 0.126
C3H5Cl3 Propane, 1,2,3-trichloro- rCCl 1.790 1.903 0.113
CH2ClCH2CH2CH3 Butane, 1-chloro- rCCl 1.780 1.883 0.103
CH3CCl(CH3)CH3 Propane, 2-chloro-2-methyl- rCCl 1.803 1.925 0.122
CH2CHCHClCH3 1-Butene, 3-chloro- rCCl 1.813 1.919 0.106
CH3SSCH3 Disulfide, dimethyl rSS 2.038 2.235 0.197
CaO Calcium monoxide rOCa 1.822 1.998 0.176
CCl2 dichloromethylene rCCl 1.711 1.848 0.137
SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride rSF 1.561 1.754 0.194
CCl carbon monochloride rCCl 1.649 1.799 0.150
SiH2Cl2 dichlorosilane rSiCl 2.033 2.189 0.156
SeO2 Selenium dioxide rSeO 1.607 1.708 0.101
SO2 Sulfur dioxide rSO 1.432 1.615 0.183
SO3 Sulfur trioxide rSO 1.418 1.621 0.204
AlCl3 Aluminum trichloride rAlCl 2.060 2.176 0.116
KCl Potassium Chloride rKCl 2.667 2.882 0.215
LiCl lithium chloride rLiCl 2.021 2.159 0.138
C2Cl2 dichloroacetylene rCCl 1.612 1.715 0.103
ClFO3 Perchloryl fluoride rFCl 1.598 1.918 0.320
ClFO3 Perchloryl fluoride rClO 1.400 1.689 0.289
NaCl Sodium Chloride rNaCl 2.361 2.503 0.142
NaBr Sodium Bromide rNaBr 2.502 2.638 0.136
PF5 Phosphorus pentafluoride rPF 1.534 1.688 0.154
PF5 Phosphorus pentafluoride rFP 1.577 1.702 0.125
H2SO4 Sulfuric acid rSO 1.574 1.805 0.231
H2SO4 Sulfuric acid rSO 1.422 1.614 0.192
KH Potassium hydride rKH 2.243 2.355 0.112
SOCl2 thionyl chloride rSCl 2.076 2.309 0.233
SOCl2 thionyl chloride rSO 1.443 1.599 0.156
PCl3 Phosphorus trichloride rPCl 2.043 2.235 0.192
Br2 Bromine diatomic rBrBr 2.281 2.428 0.147
KBr Potassium Bromide rKBr 2.821 3.053 0.232
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic rClCl 1.988 2.185 0.197
PF3 Phosphorus trifluoride rFP 1.561 1.724 0.163
SF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride rSF 1.545 1.748 0.203
SF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride rSF 1.646 1.814 0.168
SiF4 Silicon tetrafluoride rSiF 1.554 1.655 0.101
BrF3 Bromine trifluoride rFBr 1.721 1.870 0.149
BrF3 Bromine trifluoride rFBr 1.810 1.930 0.120
LiF lithium fluoride rLiF 1.564 1.699 0.135
BrF5 bromine pentafluoride rFBr 1.689 1.885 0.196
BrF5 bromine pentafluoride rFBr 1.774 1.908 0.134
IBr Iodine monobromide rBrI 2.469 2.605 0.136
ClF Chlorine monofluoride rFCl 1.628 1.767 0.138
HOCl hypochlorous acid rClO 1.697 1.821 0.124
ICl Iodine monochloride rClI 2.321 2.473 0.153
Cl2O Dichlorine monoxide rClO 1.696 1.828 0.132
SO2Cl2 Sulfuryl chloride rSCl 2.076 2.300 0.224
SO2Cl2 Sulfuryl chloride rSO 1.443 1.613 0.170
ClSSCl Disulfur dichloride rSS 1.931 2.142 0.211
ClSSCl Disulfur dichloride rSCl 2.057 2.255 0.198
SiHCl3 Trichlorosilane rSiCl 2.020 2.176 0.156
Cl3PO Phosphoryl chloride rPCl 1.989 2.208 0.219
Cl3PO Phosphoryl chloride rPO 1.455 1.580 0.125
SiCl4 Silane, tetrachloro- rSiCl 2.019 2.170 0.151
PCl5 Phosphorus pentachloride rPCl 2.020 2.231 0.211
PCl5 Phosphorus pentachloride rPCl 2.124 2.317 0.193
OClO Chlorine dioxide rClO 1.470 1.720 0.251
S8 Octasulfur rSS 2.059 2.240 0.181
SCl2 Sulfur dichloride rSCl 2.013 2.210 0.197
P2 Phosphorus diatomic rPP 1.893 2.003 0.109
P4 Phosphorus tetramer rPP 2.210 2.384 0.174
Se2 Selenium diatomic rSeSe 2.166 2.281 0.115
AlS Aluminum sulfide rAlS 2.029 2.140 0.111
NaLi lithium sodium rLiNa 2.889 3.051 0.162
SiS silicon monosulfide rSiS 1.929 2.051 0.121
S3 Sulfur trimer rSS 1.917 2.105 0.188
P2H4 Diphosphine rPP 2.219 2.366 0.147
H2S2 Disulfane rSS 2.056 2.196 0.139
SiH3Cl chlorosilane rSiCl 2.051 2.209 0.158
F3PO Phosphoryl fluoride rFP 1.524 1.690 0.166
F3PO Phosphoryl fluoride rPO 1.436 1.553 0.117
SiH3F monofluorosilane rSiF 1.595 1.722 0.128
SiCl2 Dichlorosilylene rSiCl 2.076 2.245 0.169
AlF Aluminum monofluoride rAlF 1.654 1.763 0.109
SF2 sulfur difluoride rSF 1.587 1.754 0.166
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.634 0.153
BrCl Bromine monochloride rClBr 2.136 2.303 0.167
BrF Bromine monofluoride rFBr 1.759 1.870 0.111
Li2 Lithium diatomic rLiLi 2.673 2.952 0.279
Be2 Beryllium diatomic rBeBe 2.460 2.595 0.135
PO Phosphorus monoxide rPO 1.476 1.592 0.117
ClO Monochlorine monoxide rClO 1.596 1.746 0.150
SCl sulfur monochloride rSCl 1.975 2.173 0.198
SF Monosulfur monofluoride rSF 1.599 1.753 0.153
BCl boron monochloride rBCl 1.719 1.832 0.112
SSO Disulfur monoxide rSS 1.884 2.088 0.204
SSO Disulfur monoxide rSO 1.456 1.634 0.178
S2 Sulfur diatomic rSS 1.889 2.064 0.175
Na2 Sodium diatomic rNaNa 3.079 3.382 0.303
Al2 Aluminum diatomic rAlAl 2.701 2.835 0.134
ClS2 Sulfur chloride rSCl 2.071 2.289 0.218
ClS2 Sulfur chloride rSS 1.906 2.082 0.176
97 molecules.