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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/3-21G*

Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
Na2 Sodium diatomic rNaNa 3.079 2.270 -0.809
N2 Nitrogen diatomic rNN 1.213 1.113 -0.100
N2 Nitrogen diatomic rNN 1.213 1.113 -0.100
O2 Oxygen diatomic rOO 1.208 1.300 0.093
ICl Iodine monochloride rClI 2.321 2.389 0.068
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic rClCl 1.988 2.045 0.057
HF Hydrogen fluoride rHF 0.917 0.969 0.052
7 molecules.