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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 MP3=FULL/Def2TZVPP

Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol rCH 1.095 1.821 0.726
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 2.155 2.858 0.703
ONNO NO dimer rNN 2.236 1.701 -0.535
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCC 1.530 1.088 -0.442
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol rCH 1.089 1.521 0.432
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol rCH 1.092 1.521 0.429
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 2.155 2.532 0.377
CH2CHCH2F Allyl Fluoride rHC 1.130 1.494 0.364
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCH 1.099 1.402 0.303
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol rCS 1.820 1.521 -0.299
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol rCC 1.528 1.821 0.293
C2H2+ acetylene cation rCH 1.077 1.309 0.232
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 1.898 2.113 0.215
S3 Sulfur trimer rSS 1.917 2.081 0.164
SiP Silicon monophosphide rSiP 2.078 1.978 -0.100
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 2.155 2.075 -0.080
PS phosphorus sulfide rPS 1.900 1.831 -0.069
HCF Fluoromethylene rCH 1.138 1.080 -0.058
C2H2+ acetylene cation rCC 1.253 1.304 0.051
CH3CSNH2 Ethanethioamide rHN 1.050 0.999 -0.051
CaBr Calcium monobromide rCaBr 2.594 2.644 0.050
21 molecules.