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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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pCVDZ

Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rFS 1.643 1.719 0.076
OClO Chlorine dioxide rClO 1.470 1.534 0.064
SCl sulfur monochloride rSCl 1.975 2.029 0.053
NCl nitrogen monochloride rNCl 1.611 1.661 0.050
Cl2+ chlorine diatomic cation rClCl 1.892 1.942 0.050
5 molecules.