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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 QCISD(T)/cc-pCVDZ

Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
Na2 Sodium diatomic rNaNa 3.079 3.187 0.108
CaS Calcium sulfide rSCa 2.318 2.402 0.085
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rFS 1.643 1.727 0.084
OClO Chlorine dioxide rClO 1.470 1.549 0.079
HClO4 perchloric acid rOCl 1.641 1.718 0.077
HClO4 perchloric acid rOCl 1.404 1.471 0.067
NCl nitrogen monochloride rNCl 1.611 1.677 0.066
ClF Chlorine monofluoride rFCl 1.628 1.692 0.064
AlN Aluminum nitride rNAl 1.786 1.846 0.060
SCl sulfur monochloride rSCl 1.975 2.035 0.060
LiCl lithium chloride rLiCl 2.021 2.075 0.054
ClO Monochlorine monoxide rClO 1.596 1.648 0.052
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.533 0.052
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.533 0.052
S2N2 Disulfur dinitride rNS 1.642 1.693 0.051
15 molecules.