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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 PBE1PBE/cc-pCVDZ

Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
N2 Nitrogen diatomic rNN 1.213 1.101 -0.112
N2 Nitrogen diatomic rNN 1.213 1.101 -0.112
Li2 Lithium diatomic rLiLi 2.673 2.738 0.065
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rFS 1.643 1.696 0.053
4 molecules.