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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 HF/cc-pCVTZ

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
FNO Nitrosyl fluoride rNF 1.512 1.386 -0.126
ClF5 chlorinepentafluoride rFCl 1.650 1.548 -0.102
Li2 Lithium diatomic rLiLi 2.673 2.783 0.110
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 2.155 1.957 -0.198
Na2 Sodium diatomic rNaNa 3.079 3.195 0.116
5 molecules.