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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 B3LYP/LANL2DZ

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
H2ONH3 Water Ammonia Dimer rNH 2.983 1.787 -1.196
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide rSO 1.485 1.692 0.207
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide rCS 1.799 1.907 0.108
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone rSO 1.431 1.643 0.212
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone rCS 1.777 1.895 0.118
C2H5Br Ethyl bromide rCBr 1.950 2.052 0.102
CH3CH2Cl Ethyl chloride rCCl 1.789 1.898 0.109
CH3CHClCH3 Propane, 2-chloro- rCCl 1.798 1.923 0.125
CH3CHCl2 Ethane, 1,1-dichloro- rCCl 1.766 1.873 0.107
CH3COCl Acetyl Chloride rCCl 1.798 1.908 0.110
SiCl3CH3 methyltrichlorosilane rSiCl 2.026 2.162 0.136
CH3CHClCH2CH3 Butane, 2-chloro- rCCl 1.781 1.927 0.146
CH2ClCHClCH3 Propane, 1,2-dichloro- rCCl 1.793 1.896 0.103
CH2ClCHCl2 1,1,2-trichloroethane rCCl 1.776 1.877 0.101
C3H5Cl3 Propane, 1,2,3-trichloro- rCCl 1.790 1.930 0.140
CH2ClCH2Cl Ethane, 1,2-dichloro- rCCl 1.790 1.893 0.103
C6H5Cl chlorobenzene rCCl 1.725 1.825 0.100
CH2ClCH2CH2CH3 Butane, 1-chloro- rCCl 1.780 1.897 0.117
C3H3NO Isoxazole rCH 1.075 1.439 0.364
C2H4O3 trioxolane124 rCN 1.303 2.290 0.987
CBrClF2 Methane, bromochlorodifluoro- rCCl 1.736 1.838 0.102
CH2BrF Methane, bromofluoro- rCBr 1.915 2.018 0.103
SiC silicon monocarbide rCSi 1.722 1.879 0.157
C2H4S Thiirane rCS 1.815 1.930 0.115
CH3CCl(CH3)CH3 Propane, 2-chloro-2-methyl- rCCl 1.803 1.952 0.149
CH2ClCH2CH3 Propane, 1-chloro- rCCl 1.796 1.900 0.104
CH2ClCH2CH3 Propane, 1-chloro- rCCl 1.796 1.897 0.101
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCC 1.530 1.099 -0.431
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCH 1.099 1.452 0.353
CH2CHCHClCH3 1-Butene, 3-chloro- rCCl 1.813 1.939 0.126
CH3OCl methyl hypochlorite rOCl 1.674 1.851 0.177
CH3SSCH3 Disulfide, dimethyl rSS 2.038 2.282 0.244
CH2CHCH2CH2Cl 1-Butene, 4-chloro- rCCl 1.794 1.899 0.105
CH2ClCCCl 1,3-dichloropropyne rCCl 1.779 1.906 0.127
CaO Calcium monoxide rOCa 1.822 2.116 0.294
ZnS Zinc sulfide rSZn 2.046 2.174 0.128
SiF2 Silicon difluoride rFSi 1.590 1.691 0.101
CCl2 dichloromethylene rCCl 1.711 1.861 0.149
CFCl chlorofluoromethylene rCCl 1.714 1.880 0.166
HCCl Chloromethylene rCCl 1.696 1.841 0.145
SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride rSF 1.561 1.751 0.190
SO2F2 Sulfuryl fluoride rFS 1.530 1.771 0.241
SO2F2 Sulfuryl fluoride rOS 1.405 1.588 0.183
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.085 4.243 3.158
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 3.465 2.378
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.476 2.293 0.817
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 1.830 0.743
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.782 0.684
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.767 0.669
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.070 1.545 0.475
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.515 1.093 -0.422
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.300 1.546 0.246
CH3SO2NH2 methanesulfonamide rCN 1.207 1.794 0.587
NHCl2 dichloroamine rNCl 1.760 1.888 0.128
CCl carbon monochloride rCCl 1.649 1.811 0.162
CBr Carbon monobromide rCBr 1.821 1.965 0.144
SiH2Cl2 dichlorosilane rSiCl 2.033 2.168 0.135
CH3SSH Hydrogen methyl disulfide rSS 2.038 2.291 0.253
SeO2 Selenium dioxide rSeO 1.607 1.716 0.109
SO2 Sulfur dioxide rSO 1.432 1.610 0.178
SO3 Sulfur trioxide rSO 1.418 1.613 0.195
AlCl3 Aluminum trichloride rAlCl 2.060 2.174 0.114
KCl Potassium Chloride rKCl 2.667 2.790 0.123
I2 Iodine diatomic rII 2.665 2.863 0.197
HClO4 perchloric acid rOCl 1.641 1.990 0.349
HClO4 perchloric acid rOCl 1.404 1.719 0.315
HClO4 perchloric acid rOCl 1.414 1.708 0.294
ClFO3 Perchloryl fluoride rFCl 1.598 1.949 0.351
ClFO3 Perchloryl fluoride rClO 1.400 1.702 0.302
NaBr Sodium Bromide rNaBr 2.502 2.619 0.117
PF5 Phosphorus pentafluoride rPF 1.534 1.682 0.148
PF5 Phosphorus pentafluoride rFP 1.577 1.702 0.125
H2SO4 Sulfuric acid rSO 1.574 1.783 0.209
H2SO4 Sulfuric acid rSO 1.422 1.603 0.181
NaI Sodium Iodide rNaI 2.711 2.829 0.118
SOCl2 thionyl chloride rSCl 2.076 2.362 0.286
SOCl2 thionyl chloride rSO 1.443 1.589 0.146
PCl3 Phosphorus trichloride rPCl 2.043 2.253 0.210
Br2 Bromine diatomic rBrBr 2.281 2.510 0.229
KBr Potassium Bromide rKBr 2.821 2.982 0.161
CuCl Copper monochloride rCuCl 2.051 2.153 0.101
Cl2+ chlorine diatomic cation rClCl 1.892 2.158 0.266
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic rClCl 1.988 2.224 0.237
F2SO Thionyl Fluoride rFS 1.585 1.794 0.209
F2SO Thionyl Fluoride rOS 1.413 1.569 0.157
PF3 Phosphorus trifluoride rFP 1.561 1.709 0.148
SF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride rSF 1.545 1.738 0.193
SF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride rSF 1.646 1.815 0.169
AsCl3 Arsenous trichloride rClAs 2.166 2.319 0.153
AsF5 Arsenic pentafluoride rAsF 1.656 1.762 0.106
BrF3 Bromine trifluoride rFBr 1.721 1.884 0.163
BrF3 Bromine trifluoride rFBr 1.810 1.950 0.140
KF Potassium Fluoride rKF 2.171 2.272 0.100
BrF5 bromine pentafluoride rFBr 1.689 1.884 0.195
BrF5 bromine pentafluoride rFBr 1.774 1.916 0.142
IBr Iodine monobromide rBrI 2.469 2.677 0.208
CaBr2 Calcium dibromide rCaBr 2.616 2.816 0.200
PBr3 Phosphorus tribromide rPBr 2.220 2.443 0.223
SiBr4 Silicon tetrabromide rSiBr 2.183 2.336 0.153
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride rFCl 1.597 1.813 0.216
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride rFCl 1.697 1.899 0.203
HOCl hypochlorous acid rClO 1.697 1.836 0.139
ICl Iodine monochloride rClI 2.321 2.513 0.192
Cl2O Dichlorine monoxide rClO 1.696 1.844 0.148
SO2Cl2 Sulfuryl chloride rSCl 2.076 2.354 0.278
SO2Cl2 Sulfuryl chloride rSO 1.443 1.603 0.160
HeH+ Helium hydride cation rHHe 0.790 0.586 -0.204
GeCl Germanium monochloride rClGe 2.164 2.314 0.150
CaBr Calcium monobromide rCaBr 2.594 2.860 0.266
ClSSCl Disulfur dichloride rSS 1.931 2.178 0.247
ClSSCl Disulfur dichloride rSCl 2.057 2.296 0.239
SiHCl3 Trichlorosilane rSiCl 2.020 2.154 0.134
NCl3 nitrogen trichloride rNCl 1.754 1.907 0.153
Cl3PO Phosphoryl chloride rPCl 1.989 2.226 0.237
Cl3PO Phosphoryl chloride rPO 1.455 1.568 0.113
SbCl3 Antimony Trichloride rSbCl 2.333 2.459 0.126
SiCl4 Silane, tetrachloro- rSiCl 2.019 2.145 0.126
PCl5 Phosphorus pentachloride rPCl 2.020 2.249 0.229
PCl5 Phosphorus pentachloride rPCl 2.124 2.342 0.218
OClO Chlorine dioxide rClO 1.470 1.743 0.273
GeCl2 Germanium dichloride rClGe 2.186 2.304 0.118
S8 Octasulfur rSS 2.059 2.288 0.229
SCl2 Sulfur dichloride rSCl 2.013 2.251 0.238
GeS Germanium monosulfide rSGe 2.012 2.115 0.103
GaP Gallium monophosphide rPGa 2.450 2.343 -0.107
GeSe Germanium monoselenide rGeSe 2.135 2.243 0.109
PO2 Phosphorus dioxide rPO 1.467 1.603 0.136
CaOH Calcium monohydroxide rOCa 1.976 2.096 0.120
Ne2 Neon diatomic rNeNe 3.100 2.756 -0.344
Ne2+ Neon diatomic cation rNeNe 1.765 1.871 0.106
P2 Phosphorus diatomic rPP 1.893 1.997 0.104
P4 Phosphorus tetramer rPP 2.210 2.450 0.240
Se2 Selenium diatomic rSeSe 2.166 2.331 0.165
As4 Arsenic tetramer rAsAs 2.435 2.623 0.188
NCl nitrogen monochloride rNCl 1.611 1.800 0.190
AlS Aluminum sulfide rAlS 2.029 2.140 0.111
PS phosphorus sulfide rPS 1.900 2.055 0.155
ClOOCl Dichlorine dioxide rOCl 1.704 1.925 0.220
NaLi lithium sodium rLiNa 2.889 3.020 0.131
Ar2+ Argon diatomic cation rArAr 2.320 2.718 0.398
Ar2 Argon diatomic rArAr 3.758 3.922 0.164
S3 Sulfur trimer rSS 1.917 2.139 0.222
Si2 Silicon diatomic rSiSi 2.246 2.353 0.107
SeO Selenium monoxide rSeO 1.639 1.748 0.109
ClNO2 Nitryl chloride rNCl 1.840 1.975 0.135
P2H4 Diphosphine rPP 2.219 2.395 0.176
GeBr4 Germanium tetrabromide rGeBr 2.272 2.404 0.132
H2S2 Disulfane rSS 2.056 2.298 0.242
SeF4 Selenium tetrafluoride rFSe 1.682 1.813 0.131
SeF4 Selenium tetrafluoride rFSe 1.771 1.875 0.104
SiH3Br bromosilane rSiBr 2.210 2.360 0.150
SiH3Cl chlorosilane rSiCl 2.051 2.189 0.138
SiI4 silicon tetraiodide rSiI 2.432 2.551 0.119
F3PO Phosphoryl fluoride rFP 1.524 1.680 0.156
F3PO Phosphoryl fluoride rPO 1.436 1.553 0.117
HOBr Hypobromous acid rBrO 1.834 1.954 0.120
SiH3F monofluorosilane rSiF 1.595 1.698 0.103
SiCl2 Dichlorosilylene rSiCl 2.076 2.220 0.144
HSiBr monobromosilylene rSiBr 2.237 2.408 0.171
AlCl Aluminum monochloride rAlCl 2.130 2.280 0.150
ClF5 chlorinepentafluoride rFCl 1.650 1.880 0.230
FSSF Difluorodisulfane rSS 1.890 2.179 0.289
FSSF Difluorodisulfane rFS 1.635 1.785 0.150
XeF2 Xenon difluoride rFXe 1.974 2.127 0.152
SOF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride oxide rFS 1.539 1.767 0.228
SOF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride oxide rFS 1.596 1.786 0.190
SOF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride oxide rSO 1.409 1.581 0.172
XeF4 Xenon tetrafluoride rFXe 1.935 2.091 0.156
KrF2 Krypton difluoride rFKr 1.875 2.057 0.182
SF5Cl sulfur chloropentafluoride rSCl 2.030 2.336 0.306
SF5Cl sulfur chloropentafluoride rFS 1.576 1.769 0.193
SF2 sulfur difluoride rSF 1.587 1.750 0.163
SiH2F2 difluorosilane rSiF 1.576 1.677 0.101
CaF Calcium monofluoride rFCa 1.967 2.114 0.147
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.632 0.151
SO Sulfur monoxide rOS 1.500 1.633 0.133
SO+ sulfur monoxide cation rOS 1.424 1.549 0.125
Al2Cl6 Aluminum, di-μ-chlorotetrachlorodi- rAlCl 2.040 2.416 0.376
HSSSH trisulfane rHS 1.344 2.291 0.948
HSSSH trisulfane rSS 2.053 2.291 0.238
HSSSH trisulfane rSS 2.054 2.291 0.237
BrCl Bromine monochloride rClBr 2.136 2.360 0.224
BrF Bromine monofluoride rFBr 1.759 1.891 0.132
PF2 Phosphorus difluoride rPF 1.579 1.723 0.144
HSiCl Chlorosilylene rSiCl 2.067 2.229 0.162
SiCl Clorosilylidyne rSiCl 2.061 2.220 0.159
NBr nitrogen monobromide rNBr 1.765 1.941 0.176
PO- phosphorus monoxide anion rOP 1.540 1.682 0.142
PO Phosphorus monoxide rPO 1.476 1.585 0.109
CaH Calcium monohydride rCaH 2.003 2.155 0.152
SeCl2 Selenium Dichloride rClSe 2.157 2.345 0.188
IO Iodine monoxide rIO 1.868 2.011 0.143
SiBr Silicon monobromide rSiBr 2.209 2.394 0.185
SiBr+ Silicon monobromide cation rSiBr 2.095 2.245 0.150
SiF3 Silicon trifluoride radical rFSi 1.565 1.671 0.106
ClO Monochlorine monoxide rClO 1.596 1.765 0.169
SCl sulfur monochloride rSCl 1.975 2.217 0.242
CaCl calcium monochloride rClCa 2.437 2.660 0.223
BrO Bromine monoxide rOBr 1.718 1.884 0.167
BrO+ Bromine monoxide cation rOBr 1.635 1.772 0.137
PF+ phosphorus monofluoride cation rFP 1.500 1.646 0.145
PF phosphorus monofluoride rFP 1.593 1.735 0.142
GaCl Gallium monochloride rClGa 2.202 2.309 0.107
PCl phosphorus chloride rPCl 2.018 2.233 0.216
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rFS 1.643 1.872 0.229
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rNS 1.448 1.552 0.104
BH3PH3 borane phosphine rBP 1.937 2.056 0.119
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 2.155 2.770 0.615
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 1.898 2.089 0.191
BBr Boron monobromide rBBr 1.888 2.017 0.129
CaS Calcium sulfide rSCa 2.318 2.610 0.292
BCl boron monochloride rBCl 1.719 1.839 0.119
SSO Disulfur monoxide rSS 1.884 2.126 0.241
SSO Disulfur monoxide rSO 1.456 1.628 0.172
OPCl Phosphorus oxychloride rPCl 2.059 2.303 0.244
OPCl Phosphorus oxychloride rPO 1.462 1.563 0.101
AlBr Aluminum monobromide rAlBr 2.295 2.468 0.173
GaBr Gallium monobromide rGaBr 2.352 2.494 0.141
S2 Sulfur diatomic rSS 1.889 2.091 0.202
S2+ sulfur diatomic cation rSS 1.825 1.998 0.173
S2N2 Disulfur dinitride rNS 1.642 1.814 0.172
Na2 Sodium diatomic rNaNa 3.079 3.272 0.193
AlI Aluminum monoiodide rAlI 2.537 2.691 0.154
ClOF3 Chlorine trifluoride oxide rFCl 1.603 1.903 0.300
ClOF3 Chlorine trifluoride oxide rOCl 1.405 1.651 0.246
ClOF3 Chlorine trifluoride oxide rFCl 1.713 1.937 0.224
Al2 Aluminum diatomic rAlAl 2.701 2.854 0.153
HOSH hydrogen thioperoxide rSO 1.662 1.813 0.152
SFCl Sulfur chloride fluoride rSCl 1.994 2.246 0.252
SFCl Sulfur chloride fluoride rFS 1.606 1.759 0.153
CaC Calcium monocarbide rCCa 2.302 2.493 0.192
NaS Sodium sulfide rNaS 2.489 2.598 0.109
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