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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/daug-cc-pVTZ

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Species Name Bond type Bond Length (Å)
Experimental Calculated Difference
H2ONH3 Water Ammonia Dimer rNH 2.983 1.957 -1.026
C6H12O hexanal rCC 1.420 1.530 0.110
C(CH3)3NH2 2-Propanamine, 2-methyl- rNH 1.048 1.481 0.433
C4H10O Ethanol, 1,1-dimethyl- rCH 1.117 2.439 1.322
C4H10O Ethanol, 1,1-dimethyl- rCO 1.446 2.178 0.732
C4H8S Thiophene, tetrahydro- rCC 1.532 3.310 1.778
C4H8S Thiophene, tetrahydro- rCH 1.117 1.850 0.733
C4H8S Thiophene, tetrahydro- rCS 1.835 2.161 0.326
C3H4N2 1H-Pyrazole rNN 1.351 4.329 2.978
C3H4N2 1H-Pyrazole rNH 1.002 2.758 1.756
C3H3NO Isoxazole rCH 1.075 1.422 0.347
C2H4O3 trioxolane124 rCN 1.303 1.416 0.113
C6H8 1,3-Cyclohexadiene rCC 1.349 1.462 0.113
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.085 4.218 3.133
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 3.414 2.327
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.476 2.261 0.785
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.087 1.830 0.743
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.781 0.683
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.098 1.760 0.662
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCH 1.070 1.506 0.436
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.515 1.095 -0.420
C4H6 1-Methylcyclopropene rCC 1.300 1.507 0.207
CH3SO2NH2 methanesulfonamide rCN 1.207 1.703 0.497
ClFO3 Perchloryl fluoride rFCl 1.598 1.703 0.105
H2SO4 Sulfuric acid rOH 0.970 2.849 1.879
He2+ helium diatomic cation rHeHe 1.081 1.190 0.109
N2O4 Dinitrogen tetroxide rNN 1.782 1.904 0.122
N2O3 Dinitrogen trioxide rNN 1.864 1.970 0.106
GaP Gallium monophosphide rPGa 2.450 2.271 -0.179
Ne2 Neon diatomic rNeNe 3.100 3.344 0.244
Ne2+ Neon diatomic cation rNeNe 1.765 1.967 0.202
Na2Cl2 Disodium dichloride rNaCl 2.584 3.238 0.654
ClOOCl Dichlorine dioxide rOCl 1.704 1.923 0.218
ClOOCl Dichlorine dioxide rOO 1.426 1.256 -0.170
Ar2+ Argon diatomic cation rArAr 2.320 2.617 0.297
Ar2 Argon diatomic rArAr 3.758 3.970 0.212
ClNO2 Nitryl chloride rNCl 1.840 1.959 0.119
Al2Cl6 Aluminum, di-μ-chlorotetrachlorodi- rAlCl 2.040 2.303 0.263
Al2Cl6 Aluminum, di-μ-chlorotetrachlorodi- rAlCl 2.240 2.098 -0.142
HSSSH trisulfane rHS 1.344 2.087 0.743
Li2+ lithium diatomic cation rLiLi 3.112 3.485 0.373
Be2 Beryllium diatomic rBeBe 2.460 2.037 -0.423
AlP Aluminum monophosphide rAlP 2.260 2.470 0.210
AlP Aluminum monophosphide rAlP 2.400 2.241 -0.159
Mg2 Magnesium diatomic rMgMg 3.891 3.682 -0.209
Al2 Aluminum diatomic rAlAl 2.701 2.492 -0.209
ONNO NO dimer rNN 2.236 2.061 -0.175
47 molecules.