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Compare Calculated Bonds for C-C

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CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Histogram of Bond lengths (in Å) vs number of species


Values greater than 2.20 are in the 2.20 bin. Values less than 1.00 are in the 1.00 bin.

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bond lengths (Å)

Summary: (Å)
Average bond length Standard deviation
1.425 0.120

  Species Name Bond Length (Å)
Lowest value C4H8 methylcyclopropane 1.077
Highest value C5H6 Propellane 2.232

Calculated Bond lengths
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Species Name Bond Length (Å) Atom1 index Atom2 index
C2 Carbon diatomic 1.242 1 2
C2+ carbon diatomic cation 1.397 1 2
C2H- Ethynyl anion 1.241 1 2
C2H Ethynyl radical 1.203 1 2
HCCH- acetylene anion 1.308 1 2
C2H2 Acetylene 1.199 1 2
C2H2+ acetylene cation 1.245 1 2
H2CC- vinylidene anion 1.337 1 2
C2H3- vinyl anion 1.354 1 2
C2H3 vinyl 1.306 1 2
C2H3+ vinyl cation 1.220 2 3
C2H4- Ethylene anion 1.443 1 2
C2H4 Ethylene 1.327 1 2
C2H5- Ethyl anion 1.534 1 2
C2H5 Ethyl radical 1.485 1 2
C2H6 Ethane 1.521 1 2
C3 carbon trimer 1.285 1 2
    1.285 1 3
SiC2 Silicon dicarbide 1.266 2 3
CCO Dicarbon monoxide 1.357 1 2
HCCN cyanomethylene 1.320 1 2
HCCO ketenyl radical 1.286 1 2
HCCF Fluoroacetylene 1.192 1 2
HCCCl Chloroacetylene 1.197 1 2
HCCBr bromoacetylene 1.199 1 2
C2H2O Oxirene 1.263 2 3
CH2CO Ketene 1.308 1 2
CH2CS Thioketene 1.305 1 2
C3H3 cyclopropenyl radical 1.456 1 3
    1.456 1 4
    1.308 3 4
CH3CN- acetonitrile anion 1.557 1 2
CH3CN Acetonitrile 1.457 1 2
CHNCH2 2H-Azirine 1.429 2 3
HCNCH2+ 2H-Azirine cation 1.683 2 3
CHNHCH 1H-Azirine 1.272 2 3
H2CCNH Ethenimine 1.306 1 2
HCCNH2 Ethynamine 1.200 1 2
CH2COH+ ketene, protonated 1.274 1 2
CH2CHF Ethene, fluoro- 1.318 1 2
C2H3Cl Ethene, chloro- 1.321 1 2
C2H3Br vinyl bromide 1.321 1 2
CH3CCH propyne 1.458 1 2
    1.200 2 3
CH2CCH2 allene 1.303 1 2
    1.303 1 3
C3H4 cyclopropene 1.502 1 2
    1.502 1 3
    1.289 2 3
CH3CHN methylmethaniminyl radical 1.503 1 2
CH2CHNH vinylazine 1.396 1 2
CH3CHO Acetaldehyde 1.496 1 2
CH3CHO+ acetaldehyde cation 1.500 1 2
C2H4O Ethylene oxide 1.459 2 3
C2H4O+ ethylene oxide cation 1.455 2 3
C2H4S Thiirane 1.477 2 3
CH3CHS Thioacetaldehyde 1.489 1 2
CH2CH2Cl 2-chloroethyl radical 1.466 1 2
CHClCH3 1-chloroethyl radical 1.479 1 2
C3H5 Allyl radical 1.379 1 3
    1.379 1 4
CH3CHCH 1-propenyl radical 1.308 1 2
    1.498 1 3
CH3CHOH 1-hydroxy-ethyl radical 1.479 1 2
CH3CHOH+ acetaldehyde, protonated 1.449 1 2
C2H5F fluoroethane 1.500 1 2
CH3CH2Cl Ethyl chloride 1.507 1 2
C2H5Br Ethyl bromide 1.508 1 2
CH2CHCH3 Propene 1.494 1 2
    1.327 2 3
C2H6N+ aziridine, protonated 1.469 2 3
CH3CH2OH Ethanol 1.507 1 2
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol 1.515 1 2
CH3CHCH3 Isopropyl radical 1.486 1 2
    1.486 1 3
CH3CHCH3+ Isopropyl cation 1.433 1 3
    1.433 1 4
CH3CH2NH2 Ethylamine 1.515 2 3
C3H8 Propane 1.519 1 2
    1.519 1 3
CH3CH2NH3+ ethylamine, protonated 1.509 2 3
C4 Carbon tetramer 1.282 1 2
    1.304 1 3
    1.304 2 4
C2N2 Cyanogen 1.384 1 2
C3O Tricarbon monoxide 1.263 1 2
HCCCN Cyanoacetylene 1.380 2 3
    1.199 3 4
C4H2 Diacetylene 1.373 1 2
    1.202 1 3
    1.202 2 4
HNCCNH Ethenediimine 1.284 1 2
C2H2O2 Ethanedial 1.511 1 2
C3H2O Propadienal 1.318 1 2
    1.293 2 3
CH2CF2 Ethene, 1,1-difluoro- 1.315 1 2
CH2CCl2 Ethene, 1,1-dichloro- 1.318 1 2
CHClCHCl Ethene, 1,2-dichloro-, (Z)- 1.326 1 2
CHFCHClz (Z)-1-Chloro-2-fluoroethene 1.320 1 2
C2H2ClF 1-chloro-1-fluoroethylene 1.317 1 2
CHBrCHBr Ethene, 1,2-dibromo-, (Z)- 1.322 1 2
C3H3N acrylonitrile 1.433 1 3
    1.328 3 5
C3H3N+ acrylonitrile cation 1.382 1 3
    1.396 3 5
HOCH2CN cyanomethanol 1.472 1 2
CH3COF Acetyl fluoride 1.485 1 2
CH3COCl Acetyl Chloride 1.489 1 2
C2H3CCH 1-Buten-3-yne 1.429 1 2
    1.330 1 3
    1.202 2 4
C4H4 cyclobutadiene 1.564 1 2
    1.334 1 3
    1.564 3 4
    1.334 2 4
NH2CH2CN Aminoacetonitrile 1.474 2 3
NH2CCNH2 Diaminoacetylene 1.201 1 2
CH3COOH Acetic acid 1.492 1 2
CH2CHCHO Acrolein 1.470 1 2
    1.330 2 3
CHOCH2OH hydroxy acetaldehyde 1.511 1 2
C3H4O Cyclopropanone 1.485 1 3
    1.485 1 4
    1.604 3 4
CH3CHF2 Ethane, 1,1-difluoro- 1.495 1 2
C2H4F2 1,2-difluoroethane 1.496 1 2
CH3CHCl2 Ethane, 1,1-dichloro- 1.504 1 2
CH2ClCH2Cl Ethane, 1,2-dichloro- 1.505 1 2
CH2FCH2Cl Ethane, 1-chloro-2-fluoro- 1.507 1 2
CH2BrCH2Br Ethane, 1,2-dibromo- 1.502 1 2
CH2BrCH2Cl 1-bromo-2-chloroethane 1.505 1 2
C2H5CN ethyl cyanide 1.525 1 2
    1.461 2 3
CH3CONH2 Acetamide 1.508 1 2
CH3CHNOH Acetaldoxime 1.487 1 2
CH3COCH2 Acetonyl radical 1.439 1 3
    1.506 1 4
CH3C(OH)=NH Ethaninidic acid 1.492 1 2
CH3CSNH2 Ethanethioamide 1.500 1 3
CH2FCH2OH 2-fluoroethanol 1.501 1 2
CH2CHCH2F Allyl Fluoride 1.489 1 2
    1.325 2 3
CH2ClCH2OH 2-Chloroethanol 1.507 1 2
C3H5Cl 1-chloro-1-propene(Z) 1.331 1 2
    1.492 2 3
C3H5Cl 1-chloro-1-propene(E) 1.325 1 2
    1.496 2 3
CHCCH2CH3 1-Butyne 1.201 1 2
    1.461 2 3
    1.525 3 4
CH2CCHCH3 1,2-Butadiene 1.304 1 2
    1.303 2 3
    1.500 3 4
C4H6 Cyclobutene 1.335 1 2
    1.511 1 3
    1.511 2 4
    1.559 3 4
C4H6 Methylenecyclopropane 1.342 1 2
    1.411 2 5
    1.411 2 6
    1.493 5 6
C4H6 Bicyclo[1.1.0]butane 1.473 1 2
    1.490 1 3
    1.490 2 3
    1.490 2 4
    1.490 1 4
H2NCHCHNH2 diaminoethylene 1.328 1 2
CH3COCH3- acetone anion 1.513 1 3
    1.513 1 4
C3H6O Propylene oxide 1.493 2 6
    1.456 6 8
C3H6O 2-Propen-1-ol 1.490 1 2
    1.326 2 3
CH3CH2CHO Propanal 1.515 1 2
    1.499 2 3
C3H6O Oxetane 1.533 2 3
    1.533 2 4
C3H5OH Cyclopropanol 1.484 1 2
    1.495 1 3
    1.510 2 3
C3H6O Acetone enol 1.488 1 2
    1.328 2 3
C3H6S Thietane 1.535 2 4
    1.535 3 4
C3H6S Thiirane, methyl- 1.498 1 2
    1.477 2 3
CH3CSCH3 Thioacetone 1.497 1 3
    1.497 1 4
CH2ClCH2OH2+ 2-chloroethanol, protonated 1.503 1 2
CH3CHCHCH2 methylallyl radical 1.380 1 2
    1.378 2 3
    1.489 3 4
C3H7N Cyclopropylamine 1.494 1 4
    1.494 1 5
    1.498 4 5
HOCH2CH2NH2 monoethanolamine 1.513 2 3
CH3CHFCH3 2-Fluoropropane 1.507 1 4
    1.507 1 5
CH2FCH2CH3 1-Fluoropropane 1.506 1 2
    1.519 2 3
CH3CHClCH3 Propane, 2-chloro- 1.509 2 3
    1.509 2 4
CH2CHCH2CH3 1-Butene 1.524 1 2
    1.495 2 3
    1.327 3 4
CH2C(CH3)CH3 1-Propene, 2-methyl- 1.330 1 2
    1.501 1 5
    1.501 1 6
CH3CHCHCH3 2-Butene, (Z)- 1.336 1 2
    1.498 1 3
    1.498 2 4
C4H8 methylcyclopropane 1.501 1 2
    1.077 1 3
    1.497 1 4
CH3CHOHCH3 Isopropyl alcohol 1.515 1 2
    1.509 1 3
C3H7OH 1-Propanol 1.519 1 2
    1.510 2 3
CH3OC2H5 Ethane, methoxy- 1.499 3 4
CH3CH(NH2)CH3 2-Propanamine 1.515 1 4
    1.515 1 5
NH2CH2CH2CH3 1-Propanamine 1.517 1 2
    1.519 2 3
CH3CH(CH3)CH3 Isobutane 1.520 1 3
    1.520 1 4
    1.520 1 5
CH3CH2CH2CH3 Butane 1.520 1 2
    1.520 1 3
    1.520 2 4
C3O2 Carbon suboxide 1.268 1 2
    1.268 1 3
C3H2O2 Propiolic acid 1.448 1 2
    1.199 2 3
CHCl2CHO dichloroacetaldehyde 1.520 1 2
CH2ClCCCl 1,3-dichloropropyne 1.198 1 2
    1.448 2 3
CHCl2CCH 3,3-dichloropropyne 1.198 1 2
    1.447 2 3
C2H2N2O Furazan 1.417 4 5
C3H3N2- imidizolyl anion 1.378 4 5
C3H3N2 imidazolyl radical 1.465 4 5
C3H3NO Isoxazole 1.420 1 2
    1.348 1 3
C3H3NO Oxazole 1.343 4 5
C3H3NS Thiazole 1.354 3 5
CHF2CH2F Ethane, 1,1,2-trifluoro 1.503 1 2
C5H4 pentatetraene 1.272 1 2
    1.272 1 3
    1.308 2 4
    1.308 3 5
C3H4N2 1H-Imidazole 1.361 3 5
C3H4N2 4H-Imidazole 1.492 4 5
C3H4N2 2H-Imidazole 1.450 4 5
C4H4N- pyrrolide anion 1.393 2 4
    1.412 4 5
    1.393 3 5
C4H4N pyrrolide radical 1.454 2 4
    1.454 3 5
    1.352 4 5
C3H4O2 Methyl glyoxal 1.521 1 2
    1.493 2 3
CH3COCCH 3-butyn-2-one 1.499 1 2
    1.460 2 4
    1.201 4 5
C2H4O3 1,2,3-trioxolane 1.539 4 5
HOCHCCHOH allenediol 1.305 1 2
    1.305 1 3
C4H4Se selenophene 1.354 2 4
    1.354 3 5
    1.428 4 5
C5H5 cyclopentadienyl radical 1.390 1 2
    1.464 2 3
    1.349 3 4
    1.390 1 5
    1.464 4 5
C4H5N Pyrrole 1.367 3 5
    1.420 5 6
    1.367 4 6
CH3OCH2CN Methoxyacetonitrile 1.476 3 4
CH2CClCHCH2 1,3-Butadiene, 2-chloro- 1.329 1 2
    1.457 2 3
    1.329 3 4
C5H6 Propellane 1.507 1 2
    1.507 2 3
    2.232 3 4
    1.507 3 5
    1.564 2 5
    1.507 4 5
    1.507 1 5
C4H6N+ pyrrole, protonated 1.328 2 4
    1.465 4 5
    1.328 3 5
C4H6N+ pyrrole, beta-protonated 1.475 2 4
    1.331 3 5
    1.492 4 5
C4H6N+ pyrrole, alpha-protonated 1.483 2 4
    1.437 3 5
    1.345 4 5
CH2CHOCHCH2 Vinyl ether 1.327 2 4
    1.322 3 5
CH2CHSCHCH2 Divinyl sulfide 1.327 2 4
    1.328 3 5
CH2FCH2CH2F 1,3-difluoropropane 1.507 1 2
    1.507 1 3
CH3CCl2CH3 Propane, 2,2-dichloro- 1.509 1 4
    1.509 1 5
CH3CH(CH3)CN Propanenitrile, 2-methyl- 1.465 2 3
    1.525 3 4
    1.525 3 5
CH3CH2CH2CN Butanenitrile 1.460 2 3
    1.526 3 4
    1.518 4 5
CH2ClCHCHCH3 2-Butene, 1-chloro- 1.484 1 2
    1.327 2 3
    1.492 3 4
C5H8 Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane 1.546 1 2
    1.546 1 3
    1.546 1 4
    1.546 2 5
    1.546 3 5
    1.546 4 5
C5H8 Ethenylcyclopropane 1.470 1 2
    1.328 2 3
    1.505 1 4
    1.505 1 5
    1.495 4 5
C4H10O 1-Butanol 1.506 1 2
    1.516 2 3
    1.518 3 4
C4H10O 1-Propanol, 2-methyl- 1.517 1 2
    1.520 1 3
    1.519 1 4
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether 1.508 3 4
    1.519 4 5
C(CH3)3SH 2-Propanethiol, 2-methyl- 1.522 1 3
    1.520 1 4
    1.520 1 5
C4H9SH 1-Butanethiol 1.517 2 3
    1.520 3 4
    1.520 4 5
NH(C2H5)2 diethylamine 1.514 2 4
    1.514 3 5
C4F2 difluorobutadiyne 1.374 1 2
    1.193 1 3
    1.193 2 4
CF2CCl2 difluorodichloroethylene 1.322 1 2
ClCOClCO Oxalyl chloride 1.540 1 2
C2ClF3 Ethene, chlorotrifluoro- 1.319 1 2
CFClCFCl cis-1,2-dichloro-1,2-difluoroethylene 1.324 1 2
CFClCClF trans-1,2-dichloro-1,2-difluoroethylene 1.323 1 2
C2Br4 tetrabromoethene 1.332 1 2
C6H2 hexatriyne 1.207 1 2
    1.369 1 3
    1.369 2 4
    1.203 3 5
    1.203 4 6
C4H2N2 Fumaronitrile 1.332 1 2
    1.427 1 3
    1.427 2 4
C2H2O4 Oxalic Acid 1.528 1 2
C3H2O3 vinylene carbonate 1.322 5 6
CF3COOH trifluoroacetic acid 1.531 1 2
CHF2CHF2 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane 1.512 1 2
CHCl2CHF2 1,1-dichloro-2,2-difluoroethane 1.517 1 2
CH2ClCCl3 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane 1.518 1 2
CHFClCHFCl 1,2-dichloro-1,2-difluoroethane RR 1.516 1 2
CHFClCHClF ethane, 1,2-dichloro-1,2-difluoro- 1.515 1 2
C4H3ClO Furan, 2-chloro 1.346 1 2
    1.433 2 3
    1.348 3 4
C2H4CO3 Ethylene carbonate 1.525 5 6
C2H4N2S2 Ethanedithioamide 1.523 1 2
C6H5- phenyl anion 1.415 1 2
    1.415 1 3
    1.394 2 4
    1.394 3 5
    1.389 4 6
    1.389 5 6
C2H5NO3 Nitric acid, ethyl ester 1.506 5 6
C6H6 Hexa-1,5-diene-3-yne 1.205 1 2
    1.424 1 3
    1.424 2 4
    1.332 3 5
    1.332 4 6
C6H6 Trimethylenecycopropane 1.440 1 2
    1.440 1 3
    1.440 2 3
    1.325 1 4
    1.325 2 5
    1.325 3 6
C6H6 Dewar Benzene 1.565 1 2
    1.082 1 3
    1.082 2 4
    1.520 1 5
    1.520 1 6
C6H6 1,2,4,5-Hexatetraene 1.462 1 2
    1.307 1 3
    1.307 2 4
    1.302 3 5
    1.302 4 6
C5H6N+ Pyridinium 1.374 2 4
    1.374 3 5
    1.388 4 6
    1.388 5 6
C4H6O2 γ–Butyrolactone 1.511 1 2
    1.519 2 3
    1.522 3 4
C5H6O Pentadienal 1.464 1 3
    1.335 3 4
    1.450 4 5
    1.332 5 6
C4H7NO Ethoxyacetonitrile 1.505 1 2
    1.464 4 5
C5H8O Cyclopentanone 1.519 2 3
    1.519 2 4
    1.525 3 5
    1.525 4 6
    1.532 5 6
C4H8O2 Ethyl acetate 1.496 1 2
    1.505 5 6
C5H8O Methyl cyclopropyl ketone 1.502 2 3
    1.484 2 4
    1.508 4 5
    1.508 4 6
    1.484 5 6
C6H10 1,5-Hexadiene 1.529 1 2
    1.494 1 3
    1.494 2 4
    1.327 3 5
    1.327 4 6
C6H10 3-Hexyne 1.202 1 2
    1.461 1 3
    1.461 2 4
    1.525 3 5
    1.525 4 6
C5H10O 2-methylbutyraldehyde 1.504 1 2
    1.530 2 3
    1.520 3 4
    1.516 2 5
C5H10O 3-Pentanone 1.509 2 3
    1.509 2 4
    1.515 3 5
    1.515 4 6
C6H12 (Z)-hex-3-ene 1.330 1 2
    1.496 1 3
    1.496 2 4
    1.525 3 5
    1.525 4 6
C6H12 (E)-hex-3-ene 1.327 1 2
    1.494 1 3
    1.494 2 4
    1.524 3 5
    1.524 4 6
CF3COF trifluoroacetyl fluoride 1.529 1 2
F2CCCF2 tetrafluoroallene 1.291 1 2
    1.291 1 3
CF3COO- trifluoro acetate anion 1.558 1 2
CH(CN)3 tricyanomethane 1.468 1 3
    1.468 1 4
    1.468 1 5
HN=C=C(CN)2 Dicyanoketenimine 1.328 1 2
    1.425 1 4
    1.425 1 5
CF3CHF2 pentafluoroethane 1.521 1 2
C6H6O 2,5-Cyclohexadienone 1.472 1 3
    1.472 1 4
    1.489 2 5
    1.331 3 5
    1.489 2 6
    1.331 4 6
C7H10 Norbornene 1.534 1 2
    1.534 1 3
    1.513 2 4
    1.513 3 5
    1.333 4 5
    1.550 2 6
    1.550 3 7
    1.550 6 7
C7H12 Norbornane 1.529 1 2
    1.529 1 3
    1.531 2 4
    1.531 2 5
    1.531 3 6
    1.550 5 6
    1.550 4 7
    1.531 3 7
C4F4 tetrafluorcyclobutadiene 1.545 1 2
    1.324 2 3
    1.545 3 4
    1.324 1 4
C6H4Cl2 1,4-dichlorobenzene 1.383 1 3
    1.383 1 4
    1.383 2 5
    1.384 4 5
    1.383 2 6
    1.384 3 6
C6H5NO nitrosobenzene 1.387 1 2
    1.380 2 3
    1.392 3 4
    1.385 4 5
    1.386 5 6
    1.381 1 6
C8H6 Pentalene 1.499 1 2
    1.344 2 3
    1.499 4 5
    1.344 5 6
    1.471 6 7
    1.339 1 7
    1.471 3 8
    1.339 4 8
    1.462 7 8
C8H6 benzocyclobutadiene 1.435 1 2
    1.360 2 3
    1.435 3 4
    1.345 5 6
    1.510 6 7
    1.344 1 7
C8H6 Calicene 1.337 1 2
    1.421 2 3
    1.421 2 4
    1.319 3 4
    1.450 1 5
    1.450 1 6
    1.354 5 7
    1.455 7 8
    1.354 6 8
C6H5CHO benzaldehyde 1.389 1 2
    1.381 2 3
    1.390 3 4
    1.386 4 5
    1.386 5 6
    1.386 1 6
    1.475 1 7
C5H9NO2 Proline 1.532 1 2
    1.541 2 3
    1.524 3 4
    1.520 1 6
C(CN)4 tetracyanomethane 1.475 1 2
    1.475 1 3
    1.475 1 4
    1.475 1 5
C3F6 hexafluoropropene 1.321 1 2
    1.491 2 3
C6H3F3 Benzene trifluoride 123 1.382 1 2
    1.382 1 3
    1.378 2 4
    1.378 3 5
    1.385 4 6
    1.385 5 6
C9H8 Indene 1.389 1 2
    1.389 2 3
    1.391 1 4
    1.378 4 5
    1.383 3 6
    1.396 5 6
    1.462 6 7
    1.338 7 8
    1.501 5 9
    1.504 8 9
C10H8 Azulene 1.388 1 3
    1.388 1 4
    1.387 3 5
    1.387 4 6
    1.380 5 7
    1.380 6 8
    1.483 7 8
    1.395 7 9
    1.396 2 9
    1.396 2 10
    1.395 8 10