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Comparison of polarizabilities for B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

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species name calculated experimental difference
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride 4.241 7.483 -3.242
SiH3Cl chlorosilane 6.275 9.113 -2.839
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride 4.926 7.483 -2.557
CH2ClCH2CH3 Propane, 1-chloro- 7.983 10.000 -2.017
CH2ClCH2CH3 Propane, 1-chloro- 8.091 10.000 -1.909
N2 Nitrogen diatomic 0.165 1.710 -1.545
H2+ Hydrogen cation -0.833 0.469 -1.303
HCCCl Chloroacetylene 5.508 6.070 -0.561
PF3 Phosphorus trifluoride 3.903 4.414 -0.512
BCl3 Borane, trichloro- 8.257 8.700 -0.442
CS2 Carbon disulfide 8.347 8.749 -0.401
C2H3Br vinyl bromide 7.199 7.590 -0.391
CH3CH2CH2CN Butanenitrile 8.020 8.400 -0.380
CH3CH2Cl Ethyl chloride 6.242 6.590 -0.348
O3 Ozone 2.733 3.079 -0.346
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone 8.071 8.401 -0.329
BrCN Cyanogen bromide 5.514 5.824 -0.310
C2H3Cl Ethene, chloro- 6.106 6.410 -0.304
CH3CH(NH2)CH3 2-Propanamine 7.487 7.769 -0.283
CSe2 Carbon diselenide 10.997 11.269 -0.272
C5H8O Cyclopentanone 8.990 9.250 -0.259
C2H4S Thiirane 6.657 6.910 -0.253
C3H6 Cyclopropane 5.398 5.640 -0.242
CH2Cl2 Methylene chloride 6.419 6.659 -0.240
Si2H6 disilane 9.171 9.410 -0.239
CH2FCH2Cl Ethane, 1-chloro-2-fluoro- 6.267 6.499 -0.233
NH2CH2CH2CH3 1-Propanamine 7.474 7.700 -0.226
CH2FCH2Cl Ethane, 1-chloro-2-fluoro- 6.280 6.499 -0.220
C5H10O 3-Pentanone 9.722 9.930 -0.208
CH3SCH3 Dimethyl sulfide 7.357 7.550 -0.193
PCl3 Phosphorus trichloride 10.441 10.634 -0.193
AsH3 Arsine 5.280 5.468 -0.188
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether 8.672 8.860 -0.188
B2H6 Diborane 4.930 5.115 -0.186
CH2ClCHCl2 1,1,2-trichloroethane 10.077 10.260 -0.183
C2H4O Ethylene oxide 4.256 4.431 -0.175
CH3CH2NH2 Ethylamine 5.695 5.870 -0.175
CH3CCH propyne 5.388 5.550 -0.162
CH3CH2CH2CH3 Butane 7.864 8.020 -0.156
CH3CH(CH3)CH3 Isobutane 7.854 8.009 -0.156
CHCCH2CH3 1-Butyne 7.255 7.410 -0.155
CH3CH2OH Ethanol 4.960 5.112 -0.152
CH3Br methyl bromide 5.458 5.610 -0.152
CH2CHCHO Acrolein 6.231 6.379 -0.148
H2Se Hydrogen selenide 4.625 4.770 -0.145
CH3CH2OH Ethanol 4.974 5.112 -0.138
CH3OCH3 Dimethyl ether 5.022 5.160 -0.138
CH2F2 Methane, difluoro- 2.636 2.761 -0.125
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide 2.786 2.910 -0.125
SiH4 Silane 4.654 4.777 -0.124
CH3CH2CHO Propanal 6.228 6.350 -0.122
H2CO Formaldehyde 2.651 2.770 -0.118
AsCl3 Arsenous trichloride 11.261 11.370 -0.109
PBr3 Phosphorus tribromide 14.272 14.380 -0.108
CH3CH(CH3)CN Propanenitrile, 2-methyl- 7.953 8.049 -0.096
C2N2 Cyanogen 4.923 5.015 -0.092
CH2CO Ketene 4.314 4.400 -0.086
C2H4 Ethylene 4.105 4.188 -0.083
HCN Hydrogen cyanide 2.517 2.593 -0.077
N2O Nitrous oxide 2.921 2.998 -0.076
C2H5CN ethyl cyanide 6.164 6.240 -0.076
CH3COOH Acetic acid 5.079 5.149 -0.070
CH2C(CH3)CH3 1-Propene, 2-methyl- 7.814 7.880 -0.067
CHFCl2 fluorodichloromethane 6.546 6.611 -0.064
CHBr3 bromoform 11.777 11.840 -0.063
CHCl2CHF2 1,1-dichloro-2,2-difluoroethane 8.338 8.401 -0.062
HBr hydrogen bromide 3.553 3.616 -0.062
H2O Water 1.439 1.501 -0.062
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol 7.322 7.380 -0.058
CH2Br2 dibromomethane 8.628 8.680 -0.052
SeF6 Selenium hexafluoride 5.270 5.320 -0.050
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic 4.560 4.610 -0.050
C2H2 Acetylene 3.437 3.487 -0.050
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol 7.342 7.380 -0.037
CH3OH Methyl alcohol 3.173 3.210 -0.036
CHF3 Methane, trifluoro- 2.767 2.801 -0.034
CH3Cl Methyl chloride 4.382 4.416 -0.034
CCl2O Phosgene 6.761 6.790 -0.029
O2 Oxygen diatomic 1.541 1.562 -0.021
NF3 Nitrogen trifluoride 2.791 2.810 -0.019
CH2CHCH3 Propene 5.974 5.990 -0.016
CH3F Methyl fluoride 2.526 2.540 -0.014
C4H4O Furan 7.218 7.230 -0.012
N2H4 Hydrazine 3.451 3.460 -0.009
CH3COCH3 Acetone 6.261 6.270 -0.009
GeF4 Germanium tetrafluoride 4.047 4.050 -0.003
NO Nitric oxide 1.701 1.698 0.003
CO Carbon monoxide 1.956 1.953 0.003
C4H10O 1-Butanol 8.576 8.570 0.006
CH2FCl fluorochloromethane 4.517 4.509 0.008
H2 Hydrogen diatomic 0.798 0.787 0.010
CH2CHCH2CH3 1-Butene 7.841 7.830 0.011
SO2 Sulfur dioxide 3.897 3.882 0.015
HF Hydrogen fluoride 0.817 0.800 0.017
CH2ClCHCl2 1,1,2-trichloroethane 10.278 10.260 0.018
C6H5CHO benzaldehyde 12.819 12.800 0.019
C2H6 Ethane 4.246 4.226 0.019
H2S Hydrogen sulfide 3.657 3.631 0.026
NH3 Ammonia 2.131 2.103 0.028
CH3NO2 Methane, nitro- 4.828 4.800 0.029
CHClCHCl Ethene, 1,2-dichloro-, (Z)- 8.062 8.030 0.032
CH2CHCHO Acrolein 6.411 6.379 0.032
CH4 Methane 2.482 2.448 0.034
HCOOH Formic acid 3.358 3.319 0.039
CH3OCHO methyl formate 5.090 5.050 0.040
N2 Nitrogen diatomic 1.753 1.710 0.043
CF3Cl Methane, chlorotrifluoro- 4.694 4.650 0.044
OCS Carbonyl sulfide 5.135 5.090 0.045
HCl Hydrogen chloride 2.562 2.515 0.047
CH2ClCH2OH 2-Chloroethanol 6.931 6.880 0.051
HCOOC2H5 Ethyl formate 6.935 6.880 0.054
F2 Fluorine diatomic 1.215 1.160 0.055
C3H7OH 1-Propanol 6.726 6.670 0.056
CF3CHF2 pentafluoroethane 4.696 4.623 0.072
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide 8.044 7.969 0.075
C2H5Br Ethyl bromide 7.359 7.280 0.079
CO2 Carbon dioxide 2.587 2.507 0.079
CF3Br Bromotrifluoromethane 5.732 5.650 0.082
CH3CN Acetonitrile 4.362 4.280 0.083
C3H7OH 1-Propanol 6.753 6.670 0.083
CH3NH2 methyl amine 3.850 3.754 0.096
CHONH2 formamide 4.176 4.080 0.097
SO3 Sulfur trioxide 4.394 4.297 0.097
CH3CHCl2 Ethane, 1,1-dichloro- 8.258 8.161 0.097
C4H8O2 Ethyl acetate 8.718 8.620 0.098
CHONH2 formamide 4.179 4.080 0.099
CH3CHOHCH3 Isopropyl alcohol 6.772 6.670 0.102
HCOOH Formic acid 3.433 3.319 0.114
SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride 4.608 4.490 0.118
C3H8 Propane 6.046 5.921 0.125
C2H5F fluoroethane 4.304 4.164 0.140
CH2ClCH2Cl Ethane, 1,2-dichloro- 8.145 8.000 0.144
C4H5N Pyrrole 8.109 7.940 0.170
C3H4N2 1H-Imidazole 7.265 7.090 0.175
FCN Cyanogen fluoride 2.725 2.550 0.175
C3H6O3 1,3,5-Trioxane 7.213 7.020 0.193
P Phosphorus atom 3.846 3.630 0.216
CH3CONH2 Acetamide 5.891 5.670 0.221
Br2 Bromine diatomic 6.668 6.431 0.237
CF2Cl2 difluorodichloromethane 6.608 6.370 0.238
CH3CHO Acetaldehyde 4.519 4.278 0.241
CH3NHCH3 Dimethylamine 5.703 5.447 0.256
CH2CCl2 Ethene, 1,1-dichloro- 8.098 7.830 0.268
PF5 Phosphorus pentafluoride 3.925 3.650 0.275
C6H6 Benzene 10.247 9.959 0.288
CH3SH Methanethiol 5.475 5.186 0.289
PH3 Phosphine 4.549 4.237 0.313
CHCl3 Chloroform 8.454 8.129 0.325
CH2CCH2 allene 6.053 5.690 0.363
GeH4 Germane 5.144 4.770 0.374
CH2ClCH2Cl Ethane, 1,2-dichloro- 8.377 8.000 0.376
Al2Cl6 Aluminum, di-μ-chlorotetrachlorodi- 18.305 17.886 0.419
As4 Arsenic tetramer 17.715 17.293 0.422
CCl4 Carbon tetrachloride 10.435 10.002 0.433
C4H2 Diacetylene 7.295 6.811 0.484
N(CH3)3 Trimethylamine 7.641 7.076 0.566
C3F6 hexafluoropropene 6.442 5.838 0.604
C6H4Cl2 1,3-dichlorobenzene 14.750 13.729 1.021
C10H8 Azulene 19.538 15.520 4.018