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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

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
H2ONH3 Water Ammonia Dimer rNH 2.983 1.812 -1.171
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide rSO 1.485 1.638 0.153
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide rCS 1.799 1.932 0.133
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone rSO 1.431 1.594 0.163
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone rCS 1.777 1.896 0.119
CH3Cl Methyl chloride rCCl 1.785 1.901 0.116
CH2BrCl Methane, bromochloro- rCCl 1.755 1.887 0.132
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol rCS 1.820 1.921 0.101
CH2Cl2 Methylene chloride rCCl 1.767 1.870 0.103
CH3CHClCH3 Propane, 2-chloro- rCCl 1.798 1.930 0.132
CF2Cl2 difluorodichloromethane rCCl 1.744 1.881 0.137
CF3Cl Methane, chlorotrifluoro- rCCl 1.752 1.892 0.140
ClCOClCO Oxalyl chloride rCCl 1.744 1.880 0.136
CH2CClCHCH2 1,3-Butadiene, 2-chloro- rCCl 1.742 1.857 0.115
C3H3NO Isoxazole rCH 1.075 1.431 0.356
CH2BrF Methane, bromofluoro- rCBr 1.915 2.024 0.109
CH2FI fluoroiodomethane rCI 2.140 2.247 0.107
C2H4S Thiirane rCS 1.815 1.945 0.130
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCC 1.530 1.096 -0.434
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCH 1.099 1.453 0.354
CH2ClCHCHCH3 2-Butene, 1-chloro- rCCl 1.807 1.909 0.102
CH2ClI chloroiodomethane rCCl 1.774 1.889 0.115
CHFClBr fluorochlorobromomethane rCCl 1.745 1.902 0.157
CH2ClCCCl 1,3-dichloropropyne rCCl 1.779 1.927 0.148
GaAs Gallium arsenide rGaAs 2.530 2.637 0.107
CaO Calcium monoxide rOCa 1.822 2.109 0.287
CFCl chlorofluoromethylene rCCl 1.714 1.958 0.244
C2H2ClF 1-chloro-1-fluoroethylene rCCl 1.704 1.835 0.130
SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride rSF 1.561 1.668 0.108
ClNO Nitrosyl chloride rNCl 1.975 2.079 0.104
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.085 4.207 3.122
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 3.441 2.354
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.476 2.274 0.798
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 1.835 0.748
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.783 0.685
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.767 0.669
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.070 1.534 0.464
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.515 1.089 -0.426
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.300 1.534 0.234
CH3SO2NH2 methanesulfonamide rCN 1.207 1.810 0.604
NHCl2 dichloroamine rNCl 1.760 1.904 0.144
CBr Carbon monobromide rCBr 1.821 1.951 0.130
SiH2Cl2 dichlorosilane rSiCl 2.033 2.171 0.138
CH3SSH Hydrogen methyl disulfide rSS 2.038 2.285 0.247
CH2Cl chloromethyl radical rCCl 1.691 1.806 0.115
SO2 Sulfur dioxide rSO 1.432 1.582 0.150
SO3 Sulfur trioxide rSO 1.418 1.577 0.160
Br2 Bromine diatomic rBrBr 2.281 2.475 0.194
Cl2+ chlorine diatomic cation rClCl 1.892 2.164 0.273
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic rClCl 1.988 2.233 0.245
SF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride rSF 1.545 1.680 0.135
AsCl3 Arsenous trichloride rClAs 2.166 2.308 0.143
IBr Iodine monobromide rBrI 2.469 2.679 0.210
CaBr2 Calcium dibromide rCaBr 2.616 2.814 0.198
SiBr4 Silicon tetrabromide rSiBr 2.183 2.312 0.129
ClF Chlorine monofluoride rFCl 1.628 1.754 0.125
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride rFCl 1.597 1.779 0.183
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride rFCl 1.697 1.842 0.146
HOCl hypochlorous acid rClO 1.697 1.834 0.136
ICl Iodine monochloride rClI 2.321 2.528 0.208
He2+ helium diatomic cation rHeHe 1.081 1.233 0.152
GeCl Germanium monochloride rClGe 2.164 2.278 0.114
CaBr Calcium monobromide rCaBr 2.594 2.851 0.258
NCl3 nitrogen trichloride rNCl 1.754 1.912 0.159
SbCl3 Antimony Trichloride rSbCl 2.333 2.469 0.136
OClO Chlorine dioxide rClO 1.470 1.713 0.243
NS Mononitrogen monosulfide rNS 1.497 1.607 0.110
GaP Gallium monophosphide rPGa 2.450 2.320 -0.130
Se2 Selenium diatomic rSeSe 2.166 2.316 0.150
As4 Arsenic tetramer rAsAs 2.435 2.596 0.161
NCl nitrogen monochloride rNCl 1.611 1.817 0.207
PS phosphorus sulfide rPS 1.900 2.035 0.135
ClOOCl Dichlorine dioxide rOCl 1.704 1.882 0.177
Ar2+ Argon diatomic cation rArAr 2.320 2.668 0.348
S3 Sulfur trimer rSS 1.917 2.130 0.213
H2S2 Disulfane rSS 2.056 2.294 0.238
SiH3Br bromosilane rSiBr 2.210 2.348 0.138
SiH3Cl chlorosilane rSiCl 2.051 2.194 0.144
SiI4 silicon tetraiodide rSiI 2.432 2.576 0.144
HSiBr monobromosilylene rSiBr 2.237 2.399 0.162
XeF2 Xenon difluoride rFXe 1.974 2.133 0.159
SOF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride oxide rSO 1.409 1.548 0.139
SOF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride oxide rFS 1.539 1.676 0.137
SOF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride oxide rFS 1.596 1.698 0.102
XeF4 Xenon tetrafluoride rFXe 1.935 2.070 0.136
SF2 sulfur difluoride rSF 1.587 1.704 0.117
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.623 0.142
SO Sulfur monoxide rOS 1.500 1.624 0.124
SO+ sulfur monoxide cation rOS 1.424 1.545 0.121
HSSSH trisulfane rSS 2.053 2.283 0.230
BrCl Bromine monochloride rClBr 2.136 2.350 0.214
HSiCl Chlorosilylene rSiCl 2.067 2.242 0.175
SiCl Clorosilylidyne rSiCl 2.061 2.232 0.171
NH2SH Thiohydroxylamine rNS 1.719 1.827 0.108
SeCl2 Selenium Dichloride rClSe 2.157 2.337 0.180
IO Iodine monoxide rIO 1.868 2.027 0.159
SiBr Silicon monobromide rSiBr 2.209 2.385 0.176
SiBr+ Silicon monobromide cation rSiBr 2.095 2.246 0.151
ClO Monochlorine monoxide rClO 1.596 1.763 0.167
SCl sulfur monochloride rSCl 1.975 2.219 0.243
BrO Bromine monoxide rOBr 1.718 1.841 0.124
SF Monosulfur monofluoride rSF 1.599 1.703 0.104
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rFS 1.643 1.768 0.125
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rNS 1.448 1.554 0.106
BH3PH3 borane phosphine rBP 1.937 2.045 0.108
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 2.155 2.731 0.576
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 1.898 2.081 0.183
CaS Calcium sulfide rSCa 2.318 2.616 0.298
SSO Disulfur monoxide rSS 1.884 2.129 0.245
SSO Disulfur monoxide rSO 1.456 1.605 0.149
OPCl Phosphorus oxychloride rPCl 2.059 2.322 0.263
AlBr Aluminum monobromide rAlBr 2.295 2.414 0.119
S2 Sulfur diatomic rSS 1.889 2.082 0.192
S2N2 Disulfur dinitride rNS 1.642 1.815 0.173
AlI Aluminum monoiodide rAlI 2.537 2.686 0.149
ClOF3 Chlorine trifluoride oxide rOCl 1.405 1.629 0.224
ClOF3 Chlorine trifluoride oxide rFCl 1.603 1.822 0.219
ClOF3 Chlorine trifluoride oxide rFCl 1.713 1.858 0.145
Si2H2 disilyne rSiSi 2.215 2.324 0.109
HOSH hydrogen thioperoxide rSO 1.662 1.795 0.134
SFCl Sulfur chloride fluoride rSCl 1.994 2.272 0.278
CaC Calcium monocarbide rCCa 2.302 2.500 0.199
ZnCN Zinc monocyanide rCZn 1.950 1.824 -0.125
123 molecules.