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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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B3PW91/STO-3G for rPH

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

Differences greater than 0.045 are in the 0.045 bin. Differences less than -0.015 are in the -0.015 bin.

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		-0.015			-0.010			-0.005			0.000			0.005			0.010			0.015			0.020			0.025			0.030			0.035			0.040			0.045
bond length difference calc. - exp. (Å)

	Species	Name	Difference (Å)
Most negative difference	PH3	Phosphine	-0.012
Most positive difference	PH+	phosphorus monohydride cation	0.017

Bond lengths
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Species	Name	Experimental (Å)	Difference (Å)
PH3	Phosphine	1.421	-0.012
PH3	Phosphine	1.421	-0.012
CH2PH	Phosphaethene	1.420	-0.001
PH	phosphorus monohydride	1.422	0.005
PH	phosphorus monohydride	1.422	0.005
PH+	phosphorus monohydride cation	1.435	0.017