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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-pVDZ

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
C3H3NO Isoxazole rCH 1.075 1.431 0.356
C2H4O3 trioxolane124 rCN 1.303 2.160 0.857
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCC 1.530 1.094 -0.436
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCH 1.099 1.391 0.292
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.085 4.197 3.112
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 3.419 2.332
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.476 2.255 0.779
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 1.821 0.734
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.775 0.677
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.761 0.663
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.070 1.501 0.431
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.515 1.092 -0.423
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.300 1.502 0.202
CH3SO2NH2 methanesulfonamide rCN 1.207 1.661 0.454
F2+ flourine diatomic cation rFF 1.322 1.220 -0.102
FNO Nitrosyl fluoride rNF 1.512 1.394 -0.118
FNO3 Fluorine nitrate rNO 1.507 1.392 -0.115
FNO2 Nitryl fluoride rNF 1.467 1.345 -0.122
N2O4 Dinitrogen tetroxide rNN 1.782 1.593 -0.189
N2O3 Dinitrogen trioxide rNN 1.864 1.600 -0.264
VO Vanadium monoxide rVO 1.589 1.744 0.155
GaP Gallium monophosphide rPGa 2.450 2.308 -0.142
Ne2 Neon diatomic rNeNe 3.100 2.811 -0.289
NaLi lithium sodium rLiNa 2.889 3.007 0.118
NaO sodium monoxide rONa 2.052 1.934 -0.118
Ar2 Argon diatomic rArAr 3.758 4.442 0.684
Ar2+ Argon diatomic cation rArAr 2.320 2.500 0.180
SeO3 selenium trioxide rSeO 1.688 1.565 -0.123
Al2Cl6 Aluminum, di-μ-chlorotetrachlorodi- rAlCl 2.040 2.317 0.277
Al2Cl6 Aluminum, di-μ-chlorotetrachlorodi- rAlCl 2.240 2.102 -0.138
HSSSH trisulfane rHS 1.344 2.080 0.736
Li2 Lithium diatomic rLiLi 2.673 2.808 0.135
Be2 Beryllium diatomic rBeBe 2.460 6.391 3.931
AlO Aluminum monoxide rAlO 1.618 1.729 0.111
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 2.155 2.001 -0.154
AlP Aluminum monophosphide rAlP 2.400 2.280 -0.120
Na2 Sodium diatomic rNaNa 3.079 3.203 0.124
Mg2 Magnesium diatomic rMgMg 3.891 7.495 3.605
Al2 Aluminum diatomic rAlAl 2.701 2.556 -0.145
39 molecules.