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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 B97D3/STO-3G

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide rCS 1.799 1.993 0.194
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide rSO 1.485 1.620 0.135
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone rCS 1.777 2.053 0.276
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone rSO 1.431 1.628 0.197
CH2BrCl Methane, bromochloro- rCCl 1.755 1.867 0.112
CH3NO2 Methane, nitro- rCN 1.489 1.616 0.127
CF3Br Bromotrifluoromethane rCBr 1.923 2.053 0.129
CF2Cl2 difluorodichloromethane rCCl 1.744 1.929 0.185
CF3Cl Methane, chlorotrifluoro- rCCl 1.752 1.978 0.226
ClCOClCO Oxalyl chloride rCCl 1.744 1.885 0.141
C4H8O2 Ethyl acetate rCO 1.448 1.557 0.109
C4H8O2 Ethyl acetate rCO 1.345 1.446 0.101
C3H3NO Isoxazole rCH 1.075 1.439 0.364
N2H4 Hydrazine rNN 1.446 1.576 0.130
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCC 1.530 1.107 -0.423
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether rCH 1.099 1.477 0.378
CHFClBr fluorochlorobromomethane rCCl 1.745 1.925 0.180
C2H4F2 1,2-difluoroethane rCC 1.493 1.606 0.113
C2H4F2 1,2-difluoroethane rCC 1.501 1.610 0.109
CO+ carbon monoxide cation rCO 1.115 1.222 0.106
C3H2O3 vinylene carbonate rCO 1.364 1.479 0.115
GaAs Gallium arsenide rGaAs 2.530 2.082 -0.448
CaO Calcium monoxide rOCa 1.822 2.142 0.319
LiOH lithium hydroxide rLiO 1.582 1.474 -0.108
CFCl chlorofluoromethylene rCCl 1.714 1.945 0.231
C2H2ClF 1-chloro-1-fluoroethylene rCCl 1.704 1.847 0.143
SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride rSF 1.561 1.764 0.203
ClNO Nitrosyl chloride rNO 1.139 1.254 0.115
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.085 4.281 3.196
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 3.493 2.406
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.476 2.288 0.812
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 1.848 0.761
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.803 0.705
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.792 0.694
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.070 1.529 0.459
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.515 1.109 -0.406
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.300 1.523 0.223
CH3SO2NH2 methanesulfonamide rCN 1.207 2.070 0.863
OH- hydroxide anion rOH 0.964 1.127 0.163
OH+ hydoxyl cation rOH 1.029 1.131 0.102
NHCl2 dichloroamine rNCl 1.760 1.896 0.136
TeO2 Tellurium Dioxide rOTe 1.830 1.945 0.115
SeO2 Selenium dioxide rSeO 1.607 1.757 0.150
SO2 Sulfur dioxide rSO 1.432 1.638 0.206
SO3 Sulfur trioxide rSO 1.418 1.650 0.233
HCl+ hydrogen chloride cation rHCl 1.315 1.439 0.124
PF5 Phosphorus pentafluoride rPF 1.534 1.698 0.164
PF5 Phosphorus pentafluoride rFP 1.577 1.701 0.124
NaI Sodium Iodide rNaI 2.711 2.572 -0.139
KH Potassium hydride rKH 2.243 2.133 -0.109
HNO3 Nitric acid rNO 1.406 1.555 0.149
HNO3 Nitric acid rNO 1.199 1.309 0.110
HNO3 Nitric acid rNO 1.211 1.318 0.107
H2O2 Hydrogen peroxide rOH 0.950 1.052 0.102
N2 Nitrogen diatomic rNN 1.213 1.400 0.187
Cl2+ chlorine diatomic cation rClCl 1.892 2.113 0.222
HN3 hydrogen azide rNH 0.975 1.093 0.118
NF3 Nitrogen trifluoride rNF 1.365 1.466 0.101
SF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride rSF 1.545 1.774 0.229
SF4 Sulfur tetrafluoride rSF 1.646 1.774 0.128
FNO Nitrosyl fluoride rNO 1.136 1.279 0.143
ClF Chlorine monofluoride rFCl 1.628 1.762 0.134
HOCl hypochlorous acid rClO 1.697 1.826 0.128
He2+ helium diatomic cation rHeHe 1.081 1.332 0.251
HeH+ Helium hydride cation rHHe 0.790 0.953 0.163
FNO2 Nitryl fluoride rNO 1.180 1.310 0.130
CaBr Calcium monobromide rCaBr 2.594 2.736 0.142
N2O Nitrous oxide rNN 1.128 1.236 0.108
NCl3 nitrogen trichloride rNCl 1.754 1.910 0.157
OClO Chlorine dioxide rClO 1.470 1.817 0.347
NO+ nitric oxide cation rNO 1.066 1.214 0.148
NO Nitric oxide rNO 1.154 1.255 0.101
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide rNO 1.193 1.317 0.124
NHF2 difluoramine rHN 1.026 1.127 0.101
N2O4 Dinitrogen tetroxide rNN 1.782 2.010 0.228
N2O4 Dinitrogen tetroxide rNO 1.190 1.304 0.114
GeSe Germanium monoselenide rGeSe 2.135 2.026 -0.108
NCl nitrogen monochloride rNCl 1.611 1.812 0.201
NaLi lithium sodium rLiNa 2.889 2.497 -0.392
Ar2 Argon diatomic rArAr 3.758 3.567 -0.191
S3 Sulfur trimer rSS 1.917 2.020 0.103
SeO Selenium monoxide rSeO 1.639 1.746 0.107
GaCl3 Gallium trichloride rClGa 2.180 2.052 -0.128
TeO Tellurium monoxide rOTe 1.825 1.949 0.124
SeF4 Selenium tetrafluoride rFSe 1.682 1.878 0.196
SeF4 Selenium tetrafluoride rFSe 1.771 1.879 0.108
GeH germylidene rGeH 1.588 1.430 -0.158
NH3BF3 Amminetrifluoroboron rBN 1.673 2.161 0.488
SF2 sulfur difluoride rSF 1.587 1.713 0.126
SO Sulfur monoxide rSO 1.481 1.618 0.137
SO Sulfur monoxide rOS 1.500 1.624 0.124
BrCl Bromine monochloride rClBr 2.136 2.245 0.109
PF2 Phosphorus difluoride rPF 1.579 1.683 0.104
GaF Gallium monofluoride rFGa 1.774 1.462 -0.312
NH2SH Thiohydroxylamine rNS 1.705 1.828 0.123
NH2SH Thiohydroxylamine rNS 1.719 1.836 0.117
HOI Hypoiodous acid rOI 1.994 2.119 0.125
SeCl2 Selenium Dichloride rClSe 2.157 2.259 0.102
C2H4O4 Formic acid dimer rCO 1.217 1.329 0.112
IO Iodine monoxide rIO 1.868 2.067 0.199
BClF2 Chlorodifluoroborane rBCl 1.728 1.836 0.108
GeF Germanium monofluoride rFGe 1.745 1.641 -0.104
ClO Monochlorine monoxide rClO 1.596 1.776 0.180
BrO+ Bromine monoxide cation rOBr 1.635 1.786 0.151
BrO Bromine monoxide rOBr 1.718 1.863 0.145
GaCl Gallium monochloride rClGa 2.202 1.949 -0.253
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rFS 1.643 1.799 0.156
FSN Thiazyl fluoride rNS 1.448 1.591 0.143
S4 Sulfur tetramer rSS 2.155 2.601 0.446
CaS Calcium sulfide rSCa 2.318 2.482 0.165
GeO Germanium monoxide rOGe 1.625 1.476 -0.148
SSO Disulfur monoxide rSO 1.456 1.640 0.184
SSO Disulfur monoxide rSS 1.884 2.026 0.141
OPCl Phosphorus oxychloride rPCl 2.059 2.239 0.180
GeH2 germylene rGeH 1.588 1.455 -0.133
S2N2 Disulfur dinitride rNS 1.642 1.798 0.156
Na2 Sodium diatomic rNaNa 3.079 2.413 -0.666
C5H6 Propellane rCC 1.596 1.711 0.115
C2H3NO Nitrosoethylene rCN 1.439 1.567 0.128
H2COO Dioxymethyl radical rCO 1.272 1.374 0.102
HOSH hydrogen thioperoxide rSO 1.662 1.774 0.112
SFCl Sulfur chloride fluoride rSCl 1.994 2.184 0.190
CaC Calcium monocarbide rCCa 2.302 2.506 0.205
123 molecules.