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Bad Calculated Bond Lengths

List of molecules with calculated bond lengths that differ by more than 0.050 Å from experimental bond lengths.

Calculated at HF/cc-pVTZ-PP

Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
TeO2 Tellurium Dioxide rOTe 1.830 1.743 -0.087
IO Iodine monoxide rIO 1.868 1.934 0.066
GaCl3 Gallium trichloride rClGa 2.180 2.114 -0.066
SeO2 Selenium dioxide rSeO 1.607 1.554 -0.053
NaI Sodium Iodide rNaI 2.711 2.761 0.050
5 molecules.