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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 PBEPBE/3-21G

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide rCS 1.799 1.957 0.158
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide rSO 1.485 1.638 0.153
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone rSO 1.431 1.601 0.170
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone rCS 1.777 1.917 0.140
CH3CCl3 Ethane, 1,1,1-trichloro- rCCl 1.767 1.871 0.104
CH3Cl Methyl chloride rCCl 1.785 1.897 0.112
CH2BrCl Methane, bromochloro- rCCl 1.755 1.887 0.132
CH3CH2Cl Ethyl chloride rCCl 1.789 1.915 0.126
C2H3Cl Ethene, chloro- rCCl 1.726 1.839 0.113
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol rCS 1.820 1.921 0.101
CH2Cl2 Methylene chloride rCCl 1.767 1.871 0.104
CH3CHClCH3 Propane, 2-chloro- rCCl 1.798 1.928 0.130
CH3CHCl2 Ethane, 1,1-dichloro- rCCl 1.766 1.885 0.119
CH2CCl2 Ethene, 1,1-dichloro- rCCl 1.710 1.813 0.103
CH3COCl Acetyl Chloride rCCl 1.798 1.980 0.182
CCl2O Phosgene rCCl 1.737 1.866 0.130
CHF2Cl difluorochloromethane rCCl 1.747 1.939 0.192
CBrCl3 Methane, bromotrichloro- rCCl 1.765 1.869 0.104
CFCl3 Trichloromonofluoromethane rCCl 1.764 1.872 0.109
CF2Cl2 difluorodichloromethane rCCl 1.744 1.891 0.147
CF3Cl Methane, chlorotrifluoro- rCCl 1.752 1.910 0.158
SiCl3CH3 methyltrichlorosilane rSiCl 2.026 2.163 0.137
CH3CHClCH2CH3 Butane, 2-chloro- rCCl 1.781 1.930 0.149
CH2ClCHClCH3 Propane, 1,2-dichloro- rCCl 1.793 1.913 0.120
CH2ClCHCl2 1,1,2-trichloroethane rCCl 1.776 1.892 0.116
ClCOClCO Oxalyl chloride rCCl 1.744 1.888 0.144
C3H5Cl3 Propane, 1,2,3-trichloro- rCCl 1.790 1.930 0.140
C3H5ClO Oxirane, (chloromethyl)- rCCl 1.798 1.916 0.118
CH2ClCH2Cl Ethane, 1,2-dichloro- rCCl 1.790 1.910 0.120
CH2ClCHO chloroacetaldehyde rCCl 1.782 1.898 0.116
C6H5Cl chlorobenzene rCCl 1.725 1.834 0.109
CH2ClCH2CH2CH3 Butane, 1-chloro- rCCl 1.780 1.914 0.134
CH2CClCHCH2 1,3-Butadiene, 2-chloro- rCCl 1.742 1.854 0.112
CHClCHCl Ethene, 1,2-dichloro-, (E)- rCCl 1.718 1.826 0.108
C3H6S Thietane rCS 1.847 1.948 0.101
C3H3NO Isoxazole rCH 1.075 1.434 0.359
C2H2N2O Furazan rNO 1.373 1.477 0.104
C2H4O3 trioxolane124 rCN 1.303 2.264 0.961
CBrClF2 Methane, bromochlorodifluoro- rCCl 1.736 1.914 0.179
CH2BrF Methane, bromofluoro- rCBr 1.915 2.031 0.116
CH2FI fluoroiodomethane rCI 2.140 2.257 0.117
C2H4S Thiirane rCS 1.815 1.940 0.125
CH3CCl(CH3)CH3 Propane, 2-chloro-2-methyl- rCCl 1.803 1.938 0.135
CH2ClCH2CH3 Propane, 1-chloro- rCCl 1.796 1.917 0.121
CH2ClCH2CH3 Propane, 1-chloro- rCCl 1.796 1.912 0.116
CH2SHCH2SH 1,2-Ethanedithiol rCS 1.819 1.920 0.101
CH3CH(CH3)ONO Isopropyl nitrite rON 1.414 1.564 0.150
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCC 1.530 1.105 -0.425
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCH 1.099 1.461 0.362
CH2CHCHClCH3 1-Butene, 3-chloro- rCCl 1.813 1.943 0.130
CH2FCl fluorochloromethane rCCl 1.762 1.931 0.169
CH2ClI chloroiodomethane rCCl 1.774 1.888 0.114
CH3OCl methyl hypochlorite rOCl 1.674 1.861 0.187
CHFClBr fluorochlorobromomethane rCCl 1.745 1.911 0.166
CH3NO3 Methyl nitrate rNO 1.402 1.537 0.135
CH3SCH2CH3 Ethane, (methylthio)- rCS 1.804 1.910 0.106
CH3ONO Methyl nitrite rNO 1.398 1.531 0.133
CH3SSCH3 Disulfide, dimethyl rSS 2.038 2.272 0.234
C2H5NO3 Nitric acid, ethyl ester rNO 1.407 1.533 0.126
CH2CHCH2CH2Cl 1-Butene, 4-chloro- rCCl 1.794 1.916 0.122
CH2ClCCCl 1,3-dichloropropyne rCCl 1.779 1.930 0.152
GaAs Gallium arsenide rGaAs 2.530 2.373 -0.157
CaO Calcium monoxide rOCa 1.822 2.122 0.300
CCl2 dichloromethylene rCCl 1.711 1.895 0.183
CFCl chlorofluoromethylene rCCl 1.714 1.970 0.256
C4H6S Thiophene, 2,5-dihydro- rCS 1.816 1.921 0.105
HCCl Chloromethylene rCCl 1.696 1.879 0.183
C2H2ClF 1-chloro-1-fluoroethylene rCCl 1.704 1.840 0.136
SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride rSF 1.561 1.691 0.130
ClNO Nitrosyl chloride rNCl 1.975 2.094 0.119
SO2F2 Sulfuryl fluoride rFS 1.530 1.710 0.180
SO2F2 Sulfuryl fluoride rOS 1.405 1.563 0.158
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.085 4.237 3.152
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 3.452 2.365
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.476 2.286 0.810
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 1.853 0.766
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.798 0.700
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.779 0.681
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.070 1.541 0.471
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.515 1.098 -0.417
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.300 1.540 0.240
CH3SO2NH2 methanesulfonamide rCN 1.207 1.860 0.653
HO2 Hydroperoxy radical rOO 1.331 1.432 0.101
OH- hydroxide anion rOH 0.964 1.071 0.107
NHCl2 dichloroamine rNCl 1.760 1.922 0.162
CCl carbon monochloride rCCl 1.649 1.837 0.188
CBr Carbon monobromide rCBr 1.821 1.952 0.131
SiH2Cl2 dichlorosilane rSiCl 2.033 2.173 0.140
C4H5NO Isoxazole, 5-methyl- rNO 1.403 1.504 0.101
CH3SSH Hydrogen methyl disulfide rSS 2.038 2.284 0.246
CH2Cl chloromethyl radical rCCl 1.691 1.804 0.113
SO2 Sulfur dioxide rSO 1.432 1.605 0.173
SO3 Sulfur trioxide rSO 1.418 1.594 0.177
AlCl3 Aluminum trichloride rAlCl 2.060 2.169 0.109
KCl Potassium Chloride rKCl 2.667 2.793 0.126
I2 Iodine diatomic rII 2.665 2.901 0.235
HClO4 perchloric acid rOCl 1.641 1.966 0.325
HClO4 perchloric acid rOCl 1.404 1.664 0.260
HClO4 perchloric acid rOCl 1.414 1.656 0.242
PF5 Phosphorus pentafluoride rPF 1.534 1.634 0.100
H2SO4 Sulfuric acid rOH 0.970 3.336 2.366
H2SO4 Sulfuric acid rSO 1.574 1.761 0.187
H2SO4 Sulfuric acid rSO 1.422 1.581 0.159
HNO3 Nitric acid rNO 1.406 1.521 0.115
SOCl2 thionyl chloride rSCl 2.076 2.394 0.318
SOCl2 thionyl chloride rSO 1.443 1.589 0.146
PCl3 Phosphorus trichloride rPCl 2.043 2.260 0.217
Br2 Bromine diatomic rBrBr 2.281 2.477 0.196
KBr Potassium Bromide rKBr 2.821 2.966 0.146
CuCl Copper monochloride rCuCl 2.051 2.371 0.320
O2 Oxygen diatomic rOO 1.208 1.321 0.113
O2+ diatomic oxygen cation rOO 1.116 1.225 0.109
Cl2+ chlorine diatomic cation rClCl 1.892 2.179 0.288
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic rClCl 1.988 2.236 0.248
HNO2 Nitrous acid rNO 1.442 1.555 0.113
F2SO Thionyl Fluoride rFS 1.585 1.746 0.160
F2SO Thionyl Fluoride rOS 1.413 1.570 0.157
NF3 Nitrogen trifluoride rNF 1.365 1.477 0.112
PF3 Phosphorus trifluoride rFP 1.561 1.668 0.107
SF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride rSF 1.545 1.707 0.162
SF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride rSF 1.646 1.760 0.114
AsCl3 Arsenous trichloride rClAs 2.166 2.313 0.148
BrF3 Bromine trifluoride rFBr 1.721 1.873 0.152
BrF3 Bromine trifluoride rFBr 1.810 1.920 0.110
KF Potassium Fluoride rKF 2.171 2.292 0.121
FNO3 Fluorine nitrate rNO 1.507 1.638 0.131
BrF5 bromine pentafluoride rFBr 1.689 1.839 0.150
BrF5 bromine pentafluoride rFBr 1.774 1.883 0.109
IBr Iodine monobromide rBrI 2.469 2.680 0.211
CaBr2 Calcium dibromide rCaBr 2.616 2.820 0.204
PBr3 Phosphorus tribromide rPBr 2.220 2.418 0.197
SiBr4 Silicon tetrabromide rSiBr 2.183 2.314 0.131
ClF Chlorine monofluoride rFCl 1.628 1.768 0.140
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride rFCl 1.597 1.840 0.243
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride rFCl 1.697 1.881 0.184
HOCl hypochlorous acid rClO 1.697 1.849 0.151
ICl Iodine monochloride rClI 2.321 2.527 0.206
Cl2O Dichlorine monoxide rClO 1.696 1.850 0.155
SO2Cl2 Sulfuryl chloride rSCl 2.076 2.400 0.324
SO2Cl2 Sulfuryl chloride rSO 1.443 1.585 0.142
He2+ helium diatomic cation rHeHe 1.081 1.276 0.195
GeCl Germanium monochloride rClGe 2.164 2.279 0.115
CaBr Calcium monobromide rCaBr 2.594 2.855 0.261
ClSSCl Disulfur dichloride rSCl 2.057 2.329 0.272
ClSSCl Disulfur dichloride rSS 1.931 2.138 0.207
SiHCl3 Trichlorosilane rSiCl 2.020 2.156 0.136
NCl3 nitrogen trichloride rNCl 1.754 1.931 0.177
Cl3PO Phosphoryl chloride rPCl 1.989 2.232 0.243
Cl3PO Phosphoryl chloride rPO 1.455 1.568 0.113
SbCl3 Antimony Trichloride rSbCl 2.333 2.474 0.141
SiCl4 Silane, tetrachloro- rSiCl 2.019 2.145 0.126
PCl5 Phosphorus pentachloride rPCl 2.020 2.242 0.222
PCl5 Phosphorus pentachloride rPCl 2.124 2.330 0.206
O3 Ozone rOO 1.278 1.386 0.108
OClO Chlorine dioxide rClO 1.470 1.729 0.259
NO- nitric oxide anion rNO 1.258 1.362 0.104
SCl2 Sulfur dichloride rSCl 2.013 2.258 0.245
SiF+ silicon monofluoride cation rFSi 1.527 1.627 0.101
GeS Germanium monosulfide rSGe 2.012 2.114 0.102
LiK Lithium Potassium rLiK 3.270 3.405 0.135
NS Mononitrogen monosulfide rNS 1.497 1.620 0.123
GaP Gallium monophosphide rPGa 2.450 2.307 -0.143
SiP Silicon monophosphide rSiP 2.078 2.190 0.112
CaOH Calcium monohydroxide rOCa 1.976 2.085 0.109
Ne2 Neon diatomic rNeNe 3.100 3.252 0.152
P4 Phosphorus tetramer rPP 2.210 2.442 0.232
Se2 Selenium diatomic rSeSe 2.166 2.329 0.163
As4 Arsenic tetramer rAsAs 2.435 2.602 0.167
NCl nitrogen monochloride rNCl 1.611 1.815 0.204
SiSe Silicon Monoselenide rSiSe 2.058 2.163 0.105
PS phosphorus sulfide rPS 1.900 2.048 0.148
ClOOCl Dichlorine dioxide rOCl 1.704 1.965 0.261
SiS silicon monosulfide rSiS 1.929 2.040 0.111
Ar2+ Argon diatomic cation rArAr 2.320 2.709 0.389
Ar2 Argon diatomic rArAr 3.758 3.584 -0.174
S3 Sulfur trimer rSS 1.917 2.144 0.227
ClNO2 Nitryl chloride rNCl 1.840 2.038 0.198
P2H4 Diphosphine rPP 2.219 2.401 0.182
TeO Tellurium monoxide rOTe 1.825 1.936 0.111
H2S2 Disulfane rSS 2.056 2.294 0.237
SiH3Br bromosilane rSiBr 2.210 2.347 0.137
SiH3Cl chlorosilane rSiCl 2.051 2.195 0.145
SiI4 silicon tetraiodide rSiI 2.432 2.569 0.137
F3PO Phosphoryl fluoride rFP 1.524 1.635 0.111
F3PO Phosphoryl fluoride rPO 1.436 1.543 0.107
CuF Copper monofluoride rCuF 1.745 1.596 -0.149
CuH Copper monohydride rCuH 1.463 1.798 0.335
SiCl2 Dichlorosilylene rSiCl 2.076 2.236 0.160
HSiBr monobromosilylene rSiBr 2.237 2.399 0.162
AlCl Aluminum monochloride rAlCl 2.130 2.274 0.144
ClF5 chlorinepentafluoride rFCl 1.650 1.847 0.197
FSSF Difluorodisulfane rSS 1.890 2.208 0.318
FSSF Difluorodisulfane rFS 1.635 1.751 0.116
XeF2 Xenon difluoride rFXe 1.974 2.176 0.202
SOF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride oxide rFS 1.539 1.701 0.162
SOF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride oxide rSO 1.409 1.556 0.147
SOF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride oxide rFS 1.596 1.722 0.126
XeF4 Xenon tetrafluoride rFXe 1.935 2.109 0.174
KrF2 Krypton difluoride rFKr 1.875 2.053 0.178
SF5Cl sulfur chloropentafluoride rSCl 2.030 2.390 0.360
SF5Cl sulfur chloropentafluoride rFS 1.576 1.706 0.130
SF2 sulfur difluoride rSF 1.587 1.722 0.135
CaF Calcium monofluoride rFCa 1.967 2.124 0.157
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.642 0.161
SO Sulfur monoxide rOS 1.500 1.644 0.144
SO+ sulfur monoxide cation rOS 1.424 1.567 0.143
Al2Cl6 Aluminum, di-μ-chlorotetrachlorodi- rAlCl 2.040 2.385 0.345
HSSSH trisulfane rHS 1.344 2.284 0.941
HSSSH trisulfane rSS 2.053 2.284 0.231
HSSSH trisulfane rSS 2.054 2.284 0.230
BrCl Bromine monochloride rClBr 2.136 2.353 0.217
BrF Bromine monofluoride rFBr 1.759 1.859 0.100
PF2 Phosphorus difluoride rPF 1.579 1.685 0.106
IF Iodine monofluoride rFI 1.910 2.021 0.111
HSiCl Chlorosilylene rSiCl 2.067 2.243 0.176
SiCl Clorosilylidyne rSiCl 2.061 2.232 0.171
NBr nitrogen monobromide rNBr 1.765 1.901 0.136
NH2SH Thiohydroxylamine rNS 1.719 1.850 0.131
HOI Hypoiodous acid rOI 1.994 2.108 0.114
PO- phosphorus monoxide anion rOP 1.540 1.686 0.146
PO Phosphorus monoxide rPO 1.476 1.595 0.120
CaH Calcium monohydride rCaH 2.003 2.192 0.190
SeCl2 Selenium Dichloride rClSe 2.157 2.341 0.184
IO Iodine monoxide rIO 1.868 2.029 0.161
SiBr Silicon monobromide rSiBr 2.209 2.384 0.175
SiBr+ Silicon monobromide cation rSiBr 2.095 2.257 0.161
ClO Monochlorine monoxide rClO 1.596 1.766 0.170
SCl sulfur monochloride rSCl 1.975 2.218 0.243
CaCl calcium monochloride rClCa 2.437 2.683 0.247
BrO Bromine monoxide rOBr 1.718 1.845 0.128
BrO+ Bromine monoxide cation rOBr 1.635 1.749 0.114
PF+ phosphorus monofluoride cation rFP 1.500 1.629 0.129
SF Monosulfur monofluoride rSF 1.599 1.720 0.121
C3H5Cl 1-chloro-1-propene(Z) rCCl 1.735 1.844 0.109
C3H5Cl 1-chloro-1-propene(E) rCCl 1.728 1.839 0.111
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rFS 1.643 1.807 0.164
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rNS 1.448 1.568 0.120
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 2.155 2.737 0.582
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 1.898 2.093 0.195
CaS Calcium sulfide rSCa 2.318 2.619 0.302
AlP Aluminum monophosphide rAlP 2.400 2.296 -0.104
SSO Disulfur monoxide rSS 1.884 2.154 0.270
SSO Disulfur monoxide rSO 1.456 1.622 0.166
OPCl Phosphorus oxychloride rPCl 2.059 2.330 0.271
OPCl Phosphorus oxychloride rPO 1.462 1.570 0.108
AlBr Aluminum monobromide rAlBr 2.295 2.416 0.121
S2 Sulfur diatomic rSS 1.889 2.095 0.206
S2+ sulfur diatomic cation rSS 1.825 2.008 0.183
S2N2 Disulfur dinitride rNS 1.642 1.840 0.198
K2 Potassium diatomic rKK 3.905 4.032 0.127
Mg2 Magnesium diatomic rMgMg 3.891 3.492 -0.398
AlI Aluminum monoiodide rAlI 2.537 2.679 0.142
ClOF3 Chlorine trifluoride oxide rFCl 1.603 1.886 0.283
ClOF3 Chlorine trifluoride oxide rOCl 1.405 1.643 0.238
ClOF3 Chlorine trifluoride oxide rFCl 1.713 1.912 0.199
Al2 Aluminum diatomic rAlAl 2.701 2.524 -0.177
Si2H2 disilyne rSiSi 2.215 2.335 0.120
HOSH hydrogen thioperoxide rSO 1.662 1.809 0.147
SFCl Sulfur chloride fluoride rSCl 1.994 2.282 0.288
SFCl Sulfur chloride fluoride rFS 1.606 1.720 0.114
CaC Calcium monocarbide rCCa 2.302 2.501 0.200
ZnCN Zinc monocyanide rCZn 1.950 1.803 -0.146
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