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Comparison of polarizabilities for mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ

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Change units.
species name calculated experimental difference
C4H8O2 Butanoic acid 8.617    
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride 4.072 7.483 -3.411
SiH3Cl chlorosilane 6.307 9.113 -2.807
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride 4.719 7.483 -2.764
BeH2 beryllium dihydride 3.063 4.340 -1.278
CH2CHCHCH2 1,3-Butadiene 7.799 8.881 -1.081
CS2 Carbon disulfide 8.106 8.749 -0.643
HCCCl Chloroacetylene 5.476 6.070 -0.594
CSe2 Carbon diselenide 10.685 11.269 -0.584
BCl3 Borane, trichloro- 8.172 8.700 -0.528
N2O4 Dinitrogen tetroxide 5.980 6.495 -0.515
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone 7.909 8.401 -0.492
CH3CH2CH2CN Butanenitrile 7.993 8.400 -0.407
O3 Ozone 2.700 3.079 -0.379
BrCN Cyanogen bromide 5.451 5.824 -0.372
C2H4S Thiirane 6.554 6.910 -0.356
C5H8O Cyclopentanone 8.903 9.250 -0.346
PBr3 Phosphorus tribromide 14.041 14.380 -0.338
CH2Cl2 Methylene chloride 6.354 6.659 -0.306
AsCl3 Arsenous trichloride 11.070 11.370 -0.300
C3H6 Cyclopropane 5.350 5.640 -0.290
CH2FCH2Cl Ethane, 1-chloro-2-fluoro- 6.216 6.499 -0.284
NH2CH2CH2CH3 1-Propanamine 7.426 7.700 -0.273
C5H10O 3-Pentanone 9.671 9.930 -0.259
CH2FCH2Cl Ethane, 1-chloro-2-fluoro- 6.242 6.499 -0.257
CH3SCH3 Dimethyl sulfide 7.293 7.550 -0.257
C2H4O Ethylene oxide 4.198 4.431 -0.233
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether 8.631 8.860 -0.229
CH3CH2COOH Propanoic Acid 6.749 6.960 -0.211
CH2CHCHO Acrolein 6.169 6.379 -0.210
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide 2.713 2.910 -0.197
CH3Br methyl bromide 5.415 5.610 -0.195
CH2CO Ketene 4.207 4.400 -0.193
AsH3 Arsine 5.287 5.468 -0.181
CH3CH2CH2CH3 Butane 7.844 8.020 -0.176
N2O Nitrous oxide 2.824 2.998 -0.174
CH3CH2OH Ethanol 4.942 5.112 -0.171
C6H5CHO benzaldehyde 12.633 12.800 -0.167
CH3OCH3 Dimethyl ether 4.993 5.160 -0.167
Cl2CS Thiophosgene 9.406 9.573 -0.167
H2Se Hydrogen selenide 4.608 4.770 -0.162
CHCCH2CH3 1-Butyne 7.249 7.410 -0.161
CH3CH2CHO Propanal 6.190 6.350 -0.159
CH3CCH propyne 5.395 5.550 -0.155
H2CO Formaldehyde 2.621 2.770 -0.149
CHCl2CHF2 1,1-dichloro-2,2-difluoroethane 8.253 8.401 -0.148
SeF6 Selenium hexafluoride 5.174 5.320 -0.146
C2N2 Cyanogen 4.874 5.015 -0.141
CH2F2 Methane, difluoro- 2.620 2.761 -0.140
SO2 Sulfur dioxide 3.747 3.882 -0.136
GeCl4 Germanium Tetrachloride 12.358 12.490 -0.133
B2H6 Diborane 4.983 5.115 -0.132
Si2H6 disilane 9.280 9.410 -0.130
CH3CH(CH3)CN Propanenitrile, 2-methyl- 7.920 8.049 -0.129
CH2Br2 dibromomethane 8.553 8.680 -0.127
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic 4.484 4.610 -0.126
C4H4O Furan 7.110 7.230 -0.120
C6H12 hex-1-ene 11.536 11.650 -0.114
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol 7.268 7.380 -0.112
C2H4 Ethylene 4.077 4.188 -0.110
C10H22 Decane 18.997 19.100 -0.102
HCN Hydrogen cyanide 2.492 2.593 -0.101
C2H5CN ethyl cyanide 6.141 6.240 -0.099
OCS Carbonyl sulfide 4.991 5.090 -0.099
NF3 Nitrogen trifluoride 2.713 2.810 -0.097
H2O Water 1.411 1.501 -0.090
SO3 Sulfur trioxide 4.209 4.297 -0.089
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol 7.293 7.380 -0.086
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide 7.893 7.969 -0.077
HBr hydrogen bromide 3.539 3.616 -0.076
CH3OH Methyl alcohol 3.137 3.210 -0.073
CH3NO2 Methane, nitro- 4.727 4.800 -0.073
CH3Cl Methyl chloride 4.344 4.416 -0.072
N2H4 Hydrazine 3.390 3.460 -0.070
O2 Oxygen diatomic 1.493 1.562 -0.069
BF3 Borane, trifluoro- 2.354 2.420 -0.066
C2H2 Acetylene 3.421 3.487 -0.066
CHF3 Methane, trifluoro- 2.739 2.801 -0.062
GeF4 Germanium tetrafluoride 3.988 4.050 -0.061
CH3COCH3 Acetone 6.213 6.270 -0.057
SiH4 Silane 4.732 4.777 -0.045
C4H10O 1-Butanol 8.532 8.570 -0.038
HCOOH Formic acid 3.286 3.319 -0.033
CH2CHCHO Acrolein 6.347 6.379 -0.032
CH2CHCH3 Propene 5.958 5.990 -0.032
CO Carbon monoxide 1.922 1.953 -0.031
O2 Oxygen diatomic 1.531 1.562 -0.030
H2+ Hydrogen cation 0.439 0.469 -0.030
HCOOC2H5 Ethyl formate 6.850 6.880 -0.030
CH3F Methyl fluoride 2.519 2.540 -0.021
CH2ClCH2OH 2-Chloroethanol 6.860 6.880 -0.020
NO Nitric oxide 1.682 1.698 -0.016
CH2CHCH2CH3 1-Butene 7.816 7.830 -0.014
CF3Cl Methane, chlorotrifluoro- 4.638 4.650 -0.012
CO2 Carbon dioxide 2.497 2.507 -0.010
C2H6 Ethane 4.218 4.226 -0.008
NH3 Ammonia 2.095 2.103 -0.008
CHONH2 formamide 4.080 4.080 0.000
CHONH2 formamide 4.080 4.080 0.000
H2S Hydrogen sulfide 3.633 3.631 0.003
HF Hydrogen fluoride 0.808 0.800 0.008
F2SO Thionyl Fluoride 3.935 3.927 0.008
As4 Arsenic tetramer 17.302 17.293 0.009
C2H6 Ethane 4.237 4.226 0.011
C4H8O2 Ethyl acetate 8.633 8.620 0.013
C3H7OH 1-Propanol 6.690 6.670 0.020
CF3CHF2 pentafluoroethane 4.644 4.623 0.020
H2 Hydrogen diatomic 0.809 0.787 0.022
N2 Nitrogen diatomic 1.735 1.710 0.025
C4H5N Pyrrole 7.966 7.940 0.026
F2 Fluorine diatomic 1.190 1.160 0.029
CF3Br Bromotrifluoromethane 5.683 5.650 0.033
CH4 Methane 2.482 2.448 0.034
HCl Hydrogen chloride 2.549 2.515 0.034
SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride 4.524 4.490 0.034
C2H5Br Ethyl bromide 7.315 7.280 0.035
HCOOH Formic acid 3.357 3.319 0.038
C3H4N2 1H-Imidazole 7.143 7.090 0.053
CH3NH2 methyl amine 3.815 3.754 0.062
CH3CN Acetonitrile 4.347 4.280 0.068
CH2ClCH2Cl Ethane, 1,2-dichloro- 8.077 8.000 0.076
C3H6O3 1,3,5-Trioxane 7.123 7.020 0.103
C3H8 Propane 6.033 5.921 0.111
C10H8 naphthalene 17.516 17.400 0.116
C6H6 Benzene 10.092 9.959 0.133
Br2 Bromine diatomic 6.576 6.431 0.145
CF2Cl2 difluorodichloromethane 6.529 6.370 0.158
CH3CHO Acetaldehyde 4.482 4.278 0.204
CHCl3 Chloroform 8.358 8.129 0.228
PF5 Phosphorus pentafluoride 3.881 3.650 0.231
CH3SH Methanethiol 5.427 5.186 0.240
BBr3 Boron tribromide 11.593 11.351 0.242
P Phosphorus atom 3.880 3.630 0.250
CCl4 Carbon tetrachloride 10.301 10.002 0.299
Al2Cl6 Aluminum, di-μ-chlorotetrachlorodi- 18.189 17.886 0.303
PH3 Phosphine 4.542 4.237 0.305
CH2CCH2 allene 6.004 5.690 0.314
GeH4 Germane 5.217 4.770 0.447
C4H2 Diacetylene 7.280 6.811 0.469
CO Carbon monoxide 2.429 1.953 0.476
C3F6 hexafluoropropene 6.372 5.838 0.533
C6H4Cl2 1,3-dichlorobenzene 14.573 13.729 0.844
N2 Nitrogen diatomic 3.145 1.710 1.435
C10H8 Azulene 19.167 15.520 3.647