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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 PBEPBE/CEP-121G

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
SO2 Sulfur dioxide rSO 1.432 1.642 0.210
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic rClCl 1.988 2.208 0.220
IBr Iodine monobromide rBrI 2.469 2.631 0.162
ICl Iodine monochloride rClI 2.321 2.500 0.179
IF Iodine monofluoride rFI 1.910 2.038 0.128
Na2 Sodium diatomic rNaNa 3.079 3.188 0.110
6 molecules.