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Compare Calculated Bonds for C-Cl

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B3PW91/3-21G*

Histogram of Bond lengths (in Å) vs number of species


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bond lengths (Å)

Summary: (Å)
Average bond length Standard deviation
1.775 0.067

  Species Name Bond Length (Å)
Lowest value CHF2Cl difluorochloromethane 1.370
Highest value CCl2- dichloromethylene anion 1.999

Calculated Bond lengths
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Species Name Bond Length (Å) Atom1 index Atom2 index
CCl carbon monochloride 1.709 1 2
CCl+ carbon monochloride cation 1.555 1 2
HCCl Chloromethylene 1.748 1 2
CH2Cl+ chloromethyl cation 1.600 1 2
CH3Cl Methyl chloride 1.807 1 2
CH3Cl+ Methyl chloride cation 1.751 1 2
CD3Cl methyl chloride d3 1.807 1 2
ClCN chlorocyanogen 1.633 1 2
CCl2- dichloromethylene anion 1.999 1 2
    1.999 1 3
CCl2 dichloromethylene 1.775 1 2
    1.775 1 3
CFCl chlorofluoromethylene 1.813 1 3
ClCO carbonyl monochloride 1.854 1 2
HCCCl Chloroacetylene 1.640 2 3
COHCl Formyl chloride 1.806 1 3
CHCl2 dichloromethyl radical 1.708 1 3
    1.708 1 4
CHCl2+ dichloromethyl cation 1.632 1 3
    1.632 1 4
CHFCl Chlorofluoromethyl radical 1.725 1 4
CHFCl+ Chlorofluoromethyl cation 1.608 1 4
CH2Cl2 Methylene chloride 1.793 1 4
    1.793 1 5
CH2FCl fluorochloromethane 1.809 1 3
CH2BrCl Methane, bromochloro- 1.793 1 3
CH2ClI chloroiodomethane 1.789 1 2
C2H3Cl Ethene, chloro- 1.747 1 3
CH2CH2Cl 2-chloroethyl radical 1.897 2 3
CHClCH3 1-chloroethyl radical 1.729 1 3
CH3CH2Cl Ethyl chloride 1.823 2 6
CCl2O Phosgene 1.765 2 3
    1.765 2 4
COFCl Carbonic chloride fluoride 1.748 1 3
Cl2CS Thiophosgene 1.749 1 3
    1.749 1 4
CFCl2 dichlorofluoromethyl radical 1.735 1 3
    1.735 1 4
CCl3- Trichloromethyl anion 1.981 1 2
    1.981 1 3
    1.981 1 4
CCl3 Trichloromethyl radical 1.720 1 2
    1.720 1 3
    1.720 1 4
CCl3+ Trichloromethyl cation 1.657 1 2
    1.657 1 3
    1.657 1 4
C2Cl2 dichloroacetylene 1.637 1 3
    1.637 2 4
CHCl3 Chloroform 1.789 1 3
    1.789 1 4
    1.789 1 5
CHFCl2 fluorodichloromethane 1.792 1 4
    1.792 1 5
CHF2Cl difluorochloromethane 1.370 1 5
CDCl3 trichloromethane-d 1.789 1 3
    1.789 1 4
    1.789 1 5
CHBrCl2 Methane, bromodichloro- 1.788 1 4
    1.788 1 5
CHClBr2 Methane, dibromochloro- 1.788 1 3
CHFClBr fluorochlorobromomethane 1.792 1 3
CHFClI fluorochloroiodomethane 1.789 1 4
CH2CCl2 Ethene, 1,1-dichloro- 1.739 2 5
    1.739 2 6
CHClCHCl Ethene, 1,2-dichloro-, (Z)- 1.727 1 5
    1.727 2 6
CHClCHCl Ethene, 1,2-dichloro-, (E)- 1.737 1 5
    1.737 2 6
CHFCHClz (Z)-1-Chloro-2-fluoroethene 1.730 1 3
CHFCHCl (E)-1-chloro-2-fluoroethene 1.734 1 3
C2H2ClF 1-chloro-1-fluoroethylene 1.736 1 4
CH3COCl Acetyl Chloride 1.847 1 4
CH2ClCHO chloroacetaldehyde 1.786 1 3
CH3CHCl2 Ethane, 1,1-dichloro- 1.808 1 4
    1.808 1 5
CH2ClCH2Cl Ethane, 1,2-dichloro- 1.815 1 3
    1.815 2 4
CH2FCH2Cl Ethane, 1-chloro-2-fluoro- 1.807 1 3
CH3CHFCl Ethane, 1-chloro-1-fluoro- 1.825 1 5
CH2BrCH2Cl 1-bromo-2-chloroethane 1.820 2 4
C3H5Cl 1-Propene, 3-chloro- 1.835 3 4
CH2ClCH2OH 2-Chloroethanol 1.809 2 3
C3H5Cl 1-chloro-1-propene(Z) 1.750 1 4
C3H5Cl 1-chloro-1-propene(E) 1.749 1 4
CH2ClCH2OH2+ 2-chloroethanol, protonated 1.796 2 3
CH3CHClCH3 Propane, 2-chloro- 1.838 1 2
CH2ClCH2CH3 Propane, 1-chloro- 1.823 1 4
CCl4 Carbon tetrachloride 1.792 1 2
    1.792 1 3
    1.792 1 4
    1.792 1 5
CFCl3 Trichloromonofluoromethane 1.786 1 3
    1.786 1 4
    1.786 1 5
CF2Cl2 difluorodichloromethane 1.782 1 4
    1.782 1 5
CF3Cl Methane, chlorotrifluoro- 1.773 1 2
CBrCl3 Methane, bromotrichloro- 1.791 1 3
    1.791 1 4
    1.791 1 5
CBr2ClF dibromochlorofluoromethane 1.788 1 3
CBrCl2F bromodichlorofluoromethane 1.787 1 4
    1.787 1 5
CBrClF2 Methane, bromochlorodifluoro- 1.785 1 3
CBr3Cl tribromochloromethane 1.789 1 2
CBr2Cl2 dibromodichloromethane 1.790 1 2
    1.790 1 3
CCl3I trichloroiodomethane 1.793 1 3
    1.793 1 4
    1.793 1 5
CCl2I2 dichlorodiiodomethane 1.794 1 2
    1.794 1 3
CFClBrI fluorochlorobromoiodomethane 1.789 1 3
CHClCCl2 Trichloroethylene 1.722 1 4
    1.736 2 5
    1.722 2 6
CHCl2CHO dichloroacetaldehyde 1.795 1 4
    1.795 1 5
CH2ClCCCl 1,3-dichloropropyne 1.638 1 4
    1.832 3 5
CHCl2CCH 3,3-dichloropropyne 1.815 3 4
    1.815 3 5
SiH3CCl3 (trichloromethyl)silane 1.808 2 6
    1.808 2 7
    1.808 2 8
CH3CCl3 Ethane, 1,1,1-trichloro- 1.803 2 6
    1.803 2 7
    1.803 2 8
CH3CF2Cl 1-Chloro-1,1-Difluoroethane 1.815 1 3
CH2ClCHCl2 1,1,2-trichloroethane 1.801 1 3
    1.807 2 6
    1.793 2 7
C3H5ClO Oxirane, (chloromethyl)- 1.820 1 2
CH2CClCHCH2 1,3-Butadiene, 2-chloro- 1.763 2 5
CH2ClCHClCH3 Propane, 1,2-dichloro- 1.817 1 2
    1.833 5 7
CH3CCl2CH3 Propane, 2,2-dichloro- 1.822 1 2
    1.822 1 3
CH2CHCHClCH3 1-Butene, 3-chloro- 1.847 6 12
CH2ClCHCHCH3 2-Butene, 1-chloro- 1.843 1 5
CH2CHCH2CH2Cl 1-Butene, 4-chloro- 1.823 9 12
CH2CClCH2CH3 1-Butene, 2-chloro- 1.771 10 11
CH3CClCHCH3 2-Butene, 2-chloro-, (Z)- 1.769 2 7
CH3CClCHCH3 2-Butene, 2-chloro-, (E)- 1.775 5 11
CHClCHCH2CH3 (Z)-1-Chloro-1-butene 1.751 8 9
CHClCHCH2CH3 (E)-1-Chloro-1-butene 1.750 4 5
CH3CHClCH2CH3 Butane, 2-chloro- 1.840 5 7
CH2ClCH2CH2CH3 Butane, 1-chloro- 1.822 1 14
CH3CCl(CH3)CH3 Propane, 2-chloro-2-methyl- 1.853 1 2
CF2CCl2 difluorodichloroethylene 1.720 2 5
    1.720 2 6
ClCOClCO Oxalyl chloride 1.767 1 5
    1.767 2 6
C2ClF3 Ethene, chlorotrifluoro- 1.711 2 6
C2Cl4 Tetrachloroethylene 1.723 1 3
    1.723 1 4
    1.723 2 5
    1.723 2 6
CFClCFCl cis-1,2-dichloro-1,2-difluoroethylene 1.710 1 5
    1.710 2 6
CFClCClF trans-1,2-dichloro-1,2-difluoroethylene 1.712 1 5
    1.712 2 6
CCl3CHO trichloroacetaldehyde 1.764 1 4
    1.800 1 5
    1.800 1 6
CF3CH2Cl 2,2,2-Trifluoroethyl chloride 1.787 1 3
CHCl2CHF2 1,1-dichloro-2,2-difluoroethane 1.787 1 5
    1.787 1 6
CH2ClCCl3 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane 1.790 2 3
    1.809 1 4
    1.790 1 5
    1.790 1 6
CHFClCHFCl 1,2-dichloro-1,2-difluoroethane RR 1.790 1 7
    1.790 2 8
CHFClCHClF ethane, 1,2-dichloro-1,2-difluoro- 1.799 1 7
    1.799 2 8
C4H3ClO Furan, 2-chloro 1.701 1 6
C3H5Cl3 Propane, 1,2,3-trichloro- 1.834 1 4
    1.808 3 5
    1.808 2 6
C3H5ClO2 Carbonochloridic acid, ethyl ester 1.838 10 11
C4H8Cl2 1,4-Dichlorobutane 1.819 2 3
    1.819 1 4
C4H8Cl2 Butane, 1,2-dichloro- 1.818 4 14
    1.834 6 7
C4H8Cl2 Butane, 1,3-dichloro- 1.837 5 7
    1.818 11 14
C4H8Cl2 Butane, 2,3-dichloro-, (r*,s*)- 1.837 1 5
    1.837 2 6
C4H9ClO 1-Chloro-2-ethoxyethane 1.811 1 2
C5H11Cl Pentane, 1-chloro- 1.823 1 2
C6H5Cl chlorobenzene 1.752 1 2
C2Cl6 hexachloroethane 1.788 1 3
    1.788 1 4
    1.788 1 5
    1.788 2 6
    1.788 2 7
    1.788 2 8
CF2ClCF2Cl 1,2-Dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane 1.775 1 3
    1.775 2 4
CF3CF2Cl pentafluorochloroethane 1.770 1 3
C6H4Cl2 1,2-dichlorobenzene 1.738 1 7
    1.738 2 8
C6H4Cl2 1,4-dichlorobenzene 1.747 1 7
    1.747 2 8
C6H4Cl2 1,3-dichlorobenzene 1.747 4 7
    1.747 5 8
C3Cl3N3 1,3,5-Triazine, 2,4,6-trichloro- 1.717 1 7
    1.717 2 8
    1.717 3 9