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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 ROHF/6-31G

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
CH3OCl methyl hypochlorite rOCl 1.674 1.775 0.101
CBr Carbon monobromide rCBr 1.821 1.958 0.137
SO2 Sulfur dioxide rSO 1.432 1.555 0.122
KH Potassium hydride rKH 2.243 2.361 0.118
Cl2+ chlorine diatomic cation rClCl 1.892 2.048 0.157
GeCl Germanium monochloride rClGe 2.164 2.297 0.133
CaBr Calcium monobromide rCaBr 2.594 2.825 0.231
OClO Chlorine dioxide rClO 1.470 1.706 0.236
NCl nitrogen monochloride rNCl 1.611 1.800 0.190
Ar2+ Argon diatomic cation rArAr 2.320 2.577 0.257
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.583 0.102
PF2 Phosphorus difluoride rPF 1.579 1.683 0.103
SiCl Clorosilylidyne rSiCl 2.061 2.241 0.180
CrH Chromium hydride rHCr 1.655 1.823 0.168
NBr nitrogen monobromide rNBr 1.765 2.862 1.097
CaH Calcium monohydride rCaH 2.003 2.168 0.165
SiBr Silicon monobromide rSiBr 2.209 2.364 0.155
SiBr+ Silicon monobromide cation rSiBr 2.095 2.213 0.118
ClO Monochlorine monoxide rClO 1.596 1.751 0.155
SCl sulfur monochloride rSCl 1.975 2.175 0.199
CaCl calcium monochloride rClCa 2.437 2.694 0.257
BrO+ Bromine monoxide cation rOBr 1.635 1.991 0.356
BrO Bromine monoxide rOBr 1.718 1.864 0.147
SF Monosulfur monofluoride rSF 1.599 1.705 0.105
GaCl Gallium monochloride rClGa 2.202 2.307 0.105
TiCl Titanium Monochloride rClTi 2.265 2.378 0.113
AlP Aluminum monophosphide rAlP 2.260 2.401 0.141
S2 Sulfur diatomic rSS 1.889 2.000 0.111
CaC Calcium monocarbide rCCa 2.302 5.965 3.664
29 molecules.