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Release 22	May 2022
NIST Standard Reference Database 101

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IV.D.4. (XII.A.2.)

Compare Bonds

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CCSD=FULL/Def2TZVPP for rCN

Histogram of Bond length differences (in Å) vs number of species

Differences greater than 0.040 are in the 0.040 bin. Differences less than -0.020 are in the -0.020 bin.

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		-0.020			-0.015			-0.010			-0.005			0.000			0.005			0.010			0.015			0.020			0.025			0.030			0.035			0.040
bond length difference calc. - exp. (Å)

	Species	Name	Difference (Å)
Most negative difference	CHSNH2	thioformamide	-0.019
Most positive difference	ZnCN	Zinc monocyanide	0.017

Bond lengths
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Species	Name	Experimental (Å)	Difference (Å)
CHSNH2	thioformamide	1.358	-0.019
HCNO	fulminic acid	1.168	-0.016
HNCS	Isothiocyanic acid	1.207	-0.010
CH3NH2	methyl amine	1.471	-0.009
CH(CN)3	tricyanomethane	1.158	-0.008
C2H2N2O	Furazan	1.303	-0.008
CN	Cyano radical	1.172	-0.008
HCN	Hydrogen cyanide	1.156	-0.006
CH3CN	Acetonitrile	1.157	-0.006
ICN	Cyanogen iodide	1.160	-0.006
CH2NH	Methanimine	1.273	-0.005
BrCN	Cyanogen bromide	1.158	-0.004
HNCNH	diiminomethane	1.224	-0.004
CH3NO2	Methane, nitro-	1.489	-0.003
C4H5N	Pyrrole	1.370	-0.002
C2H5CN	ethyl cyanide	1.153	-0.001
ZnCN	Zinc monocyanide	1.142	0.017