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Comparison of polarizabilities for BLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

Units are Å3
Change units.
species name calculated experimental difference
C4H8O2 Butanoic acid 9.336    
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride 4.667 7.483 -2.816
SiH3Cl chlorosilane 6.673 9.113 -2.441
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride 5.212 7.483 -2.271
CS2 Carbon disulfide 8.450 8.749 -0.298
O3 Ozone 2.911 3.079 -0.169
H2+ Hydrogen cation 0.455 0.469 -0.014
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide 2.905 2.910 -0.006
BrCN Cyanogen bromide 5.821 5.824 -0.002
N2O Nitrous oxide 3.006 2.998 0.008
C3H6 Cyclopropane 5.683 5.640 0.043
HCN Hydrogen cyanide 2.637 2.593 0.044
BCl3 Borane, trichloro- 8.749 8.700 0.050
H2 Hydrogen diatomic 0.847 0.787 0.060
H2CO Formaldehyde 2.831 2.770 0.062
O2 Oxygen diatomic 1.624 1.562 0.062
B2H6 Diborane 5.179 5.115 0.064
CH2CO Ketene 4.466 4.400 0.066
H2O Water 1.570 1.501 0.069
CO Carbon monoxide 2.041 1.953 0.088
C2H4O Ethylene oxide 4.520 4.431 0.090
AsH3 Arsine 5.559 5.468 0.091
HF Hydrogen fluoride 0.892 0.800 0.092
C2H4S Thiirane 7.005 6.910 0.095
C2H4 Ethylene 4.287 4.188 0.099
CH2F2 Methane, difluoro- 2.861 2.761 0.100
NO Nitric oxide 1.801 1.698 0.103
CH3CH2CH2CN Butanenitrile 8.514 8.400 0.114
C2H2 Acetylene 3.605 3.487 0.118
H2Se Hydrogen selenide 4.890 4.770 0.120
N2 Nitrogen diatomic 1.833 1.710 0.123
F2 Fluorine diatomic 1.285 1.160 0.125
HBr hydrogen bromide 3.749 3.616 0.134
OCS Carbonyl sulfide 5.252 5.090 0.162
CH3F Methyl fluoride 2.705 2.540 0.165
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic 4.775 4.610 0.165
CH3CCH propyne 5.718 5.550 0.168
CO2 Carbon dioxide 2.676 2.507 0.169
CH3Br methyl bromide 5.781 5.610 0.171
SiH4 Silane 4.950 4.777 0.172
CH4 Methane 2.626 2.448 0.178
HCl Hydrogen chloride 2.693 2.515 0.179
BF3 Borane, trifluoro- 2.601 2.420 0.181
C2N2 Cyanogen 5.197 5.015 0.182
CH2Cl2 Methylene chloride 6.841 6.659 0.182
CH3OH Methyl alcohol 3.397 3.210 0.187
SO2 Sulfur dioxide 4.070 3.882 0.187
NH3 Ammonia 2.310 2.103 0.208
CH3Cl Methyl chloride 4.626 4.416 0.210
CH2FCH2Cl Ethane, 1-chloro-2-fluoro- 6.711 6.499 0.212
H2S Hydrogen sulfide 3.846 3.631 0.216
CH3CH2OH Ethanol 5.334 5.112 0.222
CHF3 Methane, trifluoro- 3.026 2.801 0.225
CH2FCH2Cl Ethane, 1-chloro-2-fluoro- 6.729 6.499 0.230
CH2CHCHO Acrolein 6.630 6.379 0.251
CH3OCH3 Dimethyl ether 5.412 5.160 0.253
CH3SCH3 Dimethyl sulfide 7.810 7.550 0.260
C2H6 Ethane 4.492 4.226 0.266
N2H4 Hydrazine 3.747 3.460 0.287
C2H5CN ethyl cyanide 6.532 6.240 0.292
NF3 Nitrogen trifluoride 3.104 2.810 0.295
HCOOH Formic acid 3.618 3.319 0.299
CH2CHCH3 Propene 6.304 5.990 0.314
NH2CH2CH2CH3 1-Propanamine 8.017 7.700 0.318
CH3NO2 Methane, nitro- 5.124 4.800 0.324
CH3CH2CHO Propanal 6.679 6.350 0.329
C4H4O Furan 7.560 7.230 0.330
FCN Cyanogen fluoride 2.883 2.550 0.333
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone 8.733 8.401 0.333
CH3CN Acetonitrile 4.613 4.280 0.334
CH3CH2CH2CH3 Butane 8.353 8.020 0.334
Si2H6 disilane 9.762 9.410 0.352
SO3 Sulfur trioxide 4.651 4.297 0.354
CH3NH2 methyl amine 4.132 3.754 0.378
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol 7.773 7.380 0.393
HCOOH Formic acid 3.720 3.319 0.401
CH2CHCHO Acrolein 6.793 6.379 0.413
N2O4 Dinitrogen tetroxide 6.916 6.495 0.421
CF3Cl Methane, chlorotrifluoro- 5.078 4.650 0.428
CHONH2 formamide 4.521 4.080 0.442
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol 7.829 7.380 0.449
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether 9.309 8.860 0.449
C5H10O 3-Pentanone 10.384 9.930 0.454
CH3COCH3 Acetone 6.726 6.270 0.457
CH2CHCH2CH3 1-Butene 8.307 7.830 0.477
P Phosphorus atom 4.123 3.630 0.493
C3H8 Propane 6.416 5.921 0.494
CF3CHF2 pentafluoroethane 5.131 4.623 0.508
GeF4 Germanium tetrafluoride 4.562 4.050 0.512
C3H7OH 1-Propanol 7.194 6.670 0.524
CH2ClCH2OH 2-Chloroethanol 7.415 6.880 0.534
PH3 Phosphine 4.772 4.237 0.536
C4H5N Pyrrole 8.476 7.940 0.536
HCOOC2H5 Ethyl formate 7.429 6.880 0.549
CF3Br Bromotrifluoromethane 6.220 5.650 0.569
Br2 Bromine diatomic 7.006 6.431 0.575
CHCl2CHF2 1,1-dichloro-2,2-difluoroethane 8.984 8.401 0.584
CH2Br2 dibromomethane 9.264 8.680 0.584
C3H4N2 1H-Imidazole 7.675 7.090 0.586
C2H5Br Ethyl bromide 7.867 7.280 0.587
CH3CHO Acetaldehyde 4.873 4.278 0.595
CH3SH Methanethiol 5.783 5.186 0.597
CH2CCH2 allene 6.316 5.690 0.626
C6H12 hex-1-ene 12.290 11.650 0.640
C6H6 Benzene 10.635 9.959 0.676
SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride 5.189 4.490 0.699
C6H5CHO benzaldehyde 13.502 12.800 0.702
PF5 Phosphorus pentafluoride 4.358 3.650 0.708
AsCl3 Arsenous trichloride 12.082 11.370 0.712
C4H8O2 Ethyl acetate 9.347 8.620 0.727
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide 8.706 7.969 0.736
GeH4 Germane 5.511 4.770 0.741
CF2Cl2 difluorodichloromethane 7.114 6.370 0.744
C3H6O3 1,3,5-Trioxane 7.804 7.020 0.785
N2 Nitrogen diatomic 2.555 1.710 0.845
CHCl3 Chloroform 9.059 8.129 0.930
C4H2 Diacetylene 7.760 6.811 0.950
As4 Arsenic tetramer 18.424 17.293 1.131
C10H8 naphthalene 18.556 17.400 1.156
C3F6 hexafluoropropene 7.009 5.838 1.171
CCl4 Carbon tetrachloride 11.191 10.002 1.188
C10H22 Decane 20.297 19.100 1.197
C6H4Cl2 1,3-dichlorobenzene 15.544 13.729 1.815
C10H8 Azulene 20.131 15.520 4.611