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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 ROHF/3-21G

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
CH2ClCHO chloroacetaldehyde rCCl 1.782 1.883 0.101
CBrClF2 Methane, bromochlorodifluoro- rCCl 1.736 1.850 0.115
GaAs Gallium arsenide rGaAs 2.530 2.666 0.136
CCl carbon monochloride rCCl 1.649 1.856 0.207
CBr Carbon monobromide rCBr 1.821 1.980 0.159
CH2Cl chloromethyl radical rCCl 1.691 1.812 0.121
KH Potassium hydride rKH 2.243 2.361 0.118
Cl2+ chlorine diatomic cation rClCl 1.892 2.094 0.203
GeCl Germanium monochloride rClGe 2.164 2.294 0.130
CaBr Calcium monobromide rCaBr 2.594 2.852 0.258
OClO Chlorine dioxide rClO 1.470 1.693 0.224
Ne2+ Neon diatomic cation rNeNe 1.765 1.656 -0.109
NCl nitrogen monochloride rNCl 1.611 1.826 0.216
Ar2+ Argon diatomic cation rArAr 2.320 2.563 0.243
CuH Copper monohydride rCuH 1.463 1.355 -0.108
SiCl Clorosilylidyne rSiCl 2.061 2.242 0.181
NBr nitrogen monobromide rNBr 1.765 2.810 1.045
CaH Calcium monohydride rCaH 2.003 2.167 0.164
AlO Aluminum monoxide rAlO 1.618 1.719 0.102
IO Iodine monoxide rIO 1.868 2.013 0.145
SiBr Silicon monobromide rSiBr 2.209 2.399 0.190
SiBr+ Silicon monobromide cation rSiBr 2.095 2.230 0.135
MgCl magnesium monochloride rMgCl 2.199 2.302 0.103
ClO Monochlorine monoxide rClO 1.596 1.748 0.152
SCl sulfur monochloride rSCl 1.975 2.217 0.242
CaCl calcium monochloride rClCa 2.437 2.683 0.246
BrO+ Bromine monoxide cation rOBr 1.635 1.912 0.277
BrO Bromine monoxide rOBr 1.718 1.838 0.121
GaCl Gallium monochloride rClGa 2.202 2.309 0.107
TiCl Titanium Monochloride rClTi 2.265 2.403 0.138
AlP Aluminum monophosphide rAlP 2.260 2.391 0.131
S2 Sulfur diatomic rSS 1.889 2.021 0.132
ClS2 Sulfur chloride rSS 1.906 2.193 0.287
ClS2 Sulfur chloride rSCl 2.071 2.240 0.169
34 molecules.