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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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wB97X-D/6-31G for rSS

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

Differences greater than 1.100 are in the 1.100 bin. Differences less than -0.100 are in the -0.100 bin.

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		-0.100			0.000			0.100			0.200			0.300			0.400			0.500			0.600			0.700			0.800			0.900			1.000			1.100
bond length difference calc. - exp. (Å)

	Species	Name	Difference (Å)
Most negative difference	S4	Sulfur tetramer	0.131
Most positive difference	S4	Sulfur tetramer	0.939

Bond lengths
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Species	Name	Experimental (Å)	Difference (Å)
S4	Sulfur tetramer	1.898	0.131
S2	Sulfur diatomic	1.889	0.140
S3	Sulfur trimer	1.917	0.150
S4	Sulfur tetramer	1.898	0.150
S4	Sulfur tetramer	2.155	0.160
SSO	Disulfur monoxide	1.884	0.163
H2S2	Disulfane	2.056	0.164
CH3SSH	Hydrogen methyl disulfide	2.038	0.178
S3	Sulfur trimer	1.917	0.338
S4	Sulfur tetramer	1.898	0.385
S4	Sulfur tetramer	2.155	0.519
S4	Sulfur tetramer	2.155	0.939