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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/cc-pVDZ

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
C3H3NO Isoxazole rCH 1.075 1.437 0.362
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCC 1.530 1.105 -0.425
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCH 1.099 1.407 0.308
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.085 4.248 3.163
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 3.449 2.362
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.476 2.279 0.803
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 1.844 0.757
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.794 0.696
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.778 0.680
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.070 1.521 0.451
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.515 1.102 -0.413
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.300 1.524 0.224
CH3SO2NH2 methanesulfonamide rCN 1.207 1.695 0.488
GaP Gallium monophosphide rPGa 2.450 2.263 -0.187
Ar2 Argon diatomic rArAr 3.758 4.167 0.409
Ar2+ Argon diatomic cation rArAr 2.320 2.505 0.185
Al2Cl6 Aluminum, di-μ-chlorotetrachlorodi- rAlCl 2.040 2.311 0.271
Al2Cl6 Aluminum, di-μ-chlorotetrachlorodi- rAlCl 2.240 2.105 -0.135
Be2 Beryllium diatomic rBeBe 2.460 2.761 0.301
AlP Aluminum monophosphide rAlP 2.400 2.247 -0.153
AlP Aluminum monophosphide rAlP 2.220 2.099 -0.121
Na2 Sodium diatomic rNaNa 3.079 3.198 0.119
Mg2 Magnesium diatomic rMgMg 3.891 4.446 0.556
23 molecules.