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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 MP4/cc-pCVDZ

Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rFS 1.643 1.747 0.104
Na2 Sodium diatomic rNaNa 3.079 3.182 0.104
CaS Calcium sulfide rSCa 2.318 2.408 0.091
N2 Nitrogen diatomic rNN 1.213 1.127 -0.086
N2 Nitrogen diatomic rNN 1.213 1.127 -0.086
PO Phosphorus monoxide rPO 1.476 1.552 0.076
S2N2 Disulfur dinitride rNS 1.642 1.716 0.074
OClO Chlorine dioxide rClO 1.470 1.543 0.073
AlN Aluminum nitride rNAl 1.786 1.855 0.069
ClF Chlorine monofluoride rFCl 1.628 1.690 0.062
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.540 0.059
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.540 0.059
NCl nitrogen monochloride rNCl 1.611 1.669 0.058
SCl sulfur monochloride rSCl 1.975 2.030 0.055
LiCl lithium chloride rLiCl 2.021 2.074 0.054
NS Mononitrogen monosulfide rNS 1.497 1.551 0.054
Li2 Lithium diatomic rLiLi 2.673 2.726 0.053
AlF3 Aluminum trifluoride rAlF 1.630 1.680 0.050
18 molecules.