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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 BLYP/aug-cc-pVQZ

Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
N2 Nitrogen diatomic rNN 1.213 1.102 -0.111
N2 Nitrogen diatomic rNN 1.213 1.102 -0.111
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic rClCl 1.988 2.048 0.060
3 molecules.