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Comparison of polarizabilities for B2PLYP=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Units are Å3
Change units.
species name calculated experimental difference
C4H8O2 Butanoic acid 8.784    
SiH3Cl chlorosilane 6.285 9.113 -2.828
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride 4.910 7.483 -2.574
N2 Nitrogen diatomic 0.189 1.710 -1.521
HCCCl Chloroacetylene 5.420 6.070 -0.649
BCl3 Borane, trichloro- 8.083 8.700 -0.617
CS2 Carbon disulfide 8.233 8.749 -0.516
CSe2 Carbon diselenide 10.840 11.269 -0.430
BrCN Cyanogen bromide 5.394 5.824 -0.430
O3 Ozone 2.656 3.079 -0.423
CH2Cl2 Methylene chloride 6.260 6.659 -0.400
CH2Br2 dibromomethane 8.335 8.680 -0.346
HBr hydrogen bromide 3.279 3.616 -0.337
CH3Br methyl bromide 5.281 5.610 -0.329
H2Se Hydrogen selenide 4.441 4.770 -0.329
CH3CH2CH2CN Butanenitrile 8.110 8.400 -0.290
CH2FCH2Cl Ethane, 1-chloro-2-fluoro- 6.219 6.499 -0.281
C2H4S Thiirane 6.634 6.910 -0.276
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic 4.368 4.610 -0.242
AsH3 Arsine 5.237 5.468 -0.231
AsCl3 Arsenous trichloride 11.152 11.370 -0.218
CH3SCH3 Dimethyl sulfide 7.367 7.550 -0.183
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide 2.729 2.910 -0.181
C3H6 Cyclopropane 5.471 5.640 -0.169
CHCl2CHF2 1,1-dichloro-2,2-difluoroethane 8.244 8.401 -0.156
C5H8O Cyclopentanone 9.096 9.250 -0.153
CH2F2 Methane, difluoro- 2.611 2.761 -0.149
C2H4O Ethylene oxide 4.290 4.431 -0.141
NH2CH2CH2CH3 1-Propanamine 7.559 7.700 -0.140
H2CO Formaldehyde 2.632 2.770 -0.138
CH3CCH propyne 5.423 5.550 -0.127
CH3Cl Methyl chloride 4.290 4.416 -0.126
H2S Hydrogen sulfide 3.515 3.631 -0.115
Br2 Bromine diatomic 6.319 6.431 -0.112
HCl Hydrogen chloride 2.403 2.515 -0.112
H2O Water 1.390 1.501 -0.111
CH3CH2OH Ethanol 5.014 5.112 -0.098
N2O Nitrous oxide 2.901 2.998 -0.097
Si2H6 disilane 9.314 9.410 -0.096
O2 Oxygen diatomic 1.473 1.562 -0.089
H2+ Hydrogen cation 0.381 0.469 -0.089
CH3OCH3 Dimethyl ether 5.072 5.160 -0.088
C5H10O 3-Pentanone 9.842 9.930 -0.087
HCN Hydrogen cyanide 2.507 2.593 -0.086
CF3Br Bromotrifluoromethane 5.564 5.650 -0.086
CH2CHCHO Acrolein 6.297 6.379 -0.082
Ne Neon atom 0.299 0.381 -0.082
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether 8.779 8.860 -0.081
CH2CO Ketene 4.321 4.400 -0.079
CH3CH2COOH Propanoic Acid 6.883 6.960 -0.078
CHCCH2CH3 1-Butyne 7.333 7.410 -0.077
NF3 Nitrogen trifluoride 2.736 2.810 -0.074
CHF3 Methane, trifluoro- 2.727 2.801 -0.074
B2H6 Diborane 5.042 5.115 -0.073
C2N2 Cyanogen 4.942 5.015 -0.072
C2H2 Acetylene 3.422 3.487 -0.065
CF3Cl Methane, chlorotrifluoro- 4.587 4.650 -0.063
CH3CH2CHO Propanal 6.289 6.350 -0.060
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol 7.319 7.380 -0.060
SiH4 Silane 4.722 4.777 -0.055
NO Nitric oxide 1.647 1.698 -0.051
HF Hydrogen fluoride 0.752 0.800 -0.048
C2H4 Ethylene 4.140 4.188 -0.048
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone 8.356 8.401 -0.045
CH3CH2CH2CH3 Butane 7.977 8.020 -0.043
CH3OH Methyl alcohol 3.169 3.210 -0.040
OCS Carbonyl sulfide 5.051 5.090 -0.039
N2O4 Dinitrogen tetroxide 6.466 6.495 -0.029
F2 Fluorine diatomic 1.135 1.160 -0.025
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol 7.355 7.380 -0.025
N2H4 Hydrazine 3.439 3.460 -0.021
CH3F Methyl fluoride 2.521 2.540 -0.018
CO Carbon monoxide 1.935 1.953 -0.018
C2H5CN ethyl cyanide 6.227 6.240 -0.013
C2H5Br Ethyl bromide 7.271 7.280 -0.010
NH3 Ammonia 2.095 2.103 -0.008
CH3CH(CH3)CN Propanenitrile, 2-methyl- 8.050 8.049 0.001
H2 Hydrogen diatomic 0.794 0.787 0.007
CH2ClCH2OH 2-Chloroethanol 6.889 6.880 0.008
GeF4 Germanium tetrafluoride 4.062 4.050 0.012
HCOOH Formic acid 3.339 3.319 0.019
CH3NO2 Methane, nitro- 4.828 4.800 0.028
N2 Nitrogen diatomic 1.746 1.710 0.036
CO2 Carbon dioxide 2.548 2.507 0.041
P Phosphorus atom 3.672 3.630 0.042
CF3CHF2 pentafluoroethane 4.669 4.623 0.046
CH3COCH3 Acetone 6.327 6.270 0.057
CH4 Methane 2.511 2.448 0.063
C4H4O Furan 7.294 7.230 0.064
CH2CHCH3 Propene 6.058 5.990 0.068
SeF6 Selenium hexafluoride 5.389 5.320 0.070
C2H6 Ethane 4.301 4.226 0.075
C6H12 hex-1-ene 11.733 11.650 0.082
CF2Cl2 difluorodichloromethane 6.459 6.370 0.088
SO2 Sulfur dioxide 3.972 3.882 0.089
CH2CHCHO Acrolein 6.474 6.379 0.094
HCOOH Formic acid 3.415 3.319 0.096
C4H10O 1-Butanol 8.670 8.570 0.101
CH3CN Acetonitrile 4.391 4.280 0.112
CH3NH2 methyl amine 3.866 3.754 0.112
HCOOC2H5 Ethyl formate 7.000 6.880 0.119
C3H7OH 1-Propanol 6.794 6.670 0.124
CH2CHCH2CH3 1-Butene 7.958 7.830 0.128
CHCl3 Chloroform 8.264 8.129 0.134
C6H5CHO benzaldehyde 12.989 12.800 0.189
C10H22 Decane 19.295 19.100 0.196
C4H8O2 Ethyl acetate 8.823 8.620 0.203
C3H8 Propane 6.131 5.921 0.209
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide 8.192 7.969 0.222
CH3SH Methanethiol 5.418 5.186 0.231
CCl4 Carbon tetrachloride 10.237 10.002 0.234
C3H4N2 1H-Imidazole 7.343 7.090 0.253
SO3 Sulfur trioxide 4.555 4.297 0.258
C4H5N Pyrrole 8.200 7.940 0.260
SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride 4.751 4.490 0.261
C3H6O3 1,3,5-Trioxane 7.287 7.020 0.268
CH3CHO Acetaldehyde 4.550 4.278 0.272
PH3 Phosphine 4.519 4.237 0.282
PF5 Phosphorus pentafluoride 4.013 3.650 0.363
As4 Arsenic tetramer 17.698 17.293 0.405
GeH4 Germane 5.196 4.770 0.426
CH2CCH2 allene 6.117 5.690 0.427
C6H6 Benzene 10.393 9.959 0.433
Al2Cl6 Aluminum, di-μ-chlorotetrachlorodi- 18.409 17.886 0.523
C4H2 Diacetylene 7.339 6.811 0.528
C3F6 hexafluoropropene 6.423 5.838 0.585
C10H8 naphthalene 18.042 17.400 0.642
C6H4Cl2 1,3-dichlorobenzene 14.755 13.729 1.026
C10H8 Azulene 19.845 15.520 4.325