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Comparison of polarizabilities for PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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species name calculated experimental difference
ClF3 Chlorine trifluoride 4.276 7.483 -3.207
SiH3Cl chlorosilane 6.423 9.113 -2.690
CH3CHClCH2CH3 Butane, 2-chloro- 10.181 12.499 -2.318
CH2ClCH2CH3 Propane, 1-chloro- 8.300 10.000 -1.700
BeH2 beryllium dihydride 3.184 4.340 -1.157
CH2ClCH2CH2CH3 Butane, 1-chloro- 10.260 11.301 -1.041
C5H12O 1-Pentanol 10.832 11.581 -0.748
CS2 Carbon disulfide 8.120 8.749 -0.629
TiCl4 Titanium tetrachloride 14.622 15.001 -0.378
PF3 Phosphorus trifluoride 4.039 4.414 -0.375
O3 Ozone 2.736 3.079 -0.343
C2H4S Thiirane 6.633 6.910 -0.277
C2H3Br vinyl bromide 7.329 7.590 -0.261
CH2CHCHCH2 1,3-Butadiene 8.622 8.881 -0.259
CH3CH2Cl Ethyl chloride 6.354 6.590 -0.235
C2H3Cl Ethene, chloro- 6.202 6.410 -0.208
BrCN Cyanogen bromide 5.628 5.824 -0.196
BCl3 Borane, trichloro- 8.514 8.700 -0.186
CH3Br methyl bromide 5.432 5.610 -0.178
HD Deuterium hydride 0.619 0.791 -0.171
H2 Hydrogen diatomic 0.619 0.787 -0.168
H2O Water 1.335 1.501 -0.166
HBr hydrogen bromide 3.451 3.616 -0.165
D2 Deuterium diatomic 0.619 0.783 -0.164
CH2Cl2 Methylene chloride 6.501 6.659 -0.158
C5H12 Propane, 2,2-dimethyl- 10.087 10.240 -0.152
Cl2 Chlorine diatomic 4.471 4.610 -0.139
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide 2.773 2.910 -0.138
C3H6 Cyclopropane 5.506 5.640 -0.134
H2S Hydrogen sulfide 3.497 3.631 -0.133
H2CO Formaldehyde 2.652 2.770 -0.117
C2H4O Ethylene oxide 4.322 4.431 -0.109
N2O Nitrous oxide 2.894 2.998 -0.104
CH3SCH3 Dimethyl sulfide 7.449 7.550 -0.101
C2H6O2S Dimethyl sulfone 8.313 8.401 -0.088
AsH3 Arsine 5.391 5.468 -0.077
H2Se Hydrogen selenide 4.694 4.770 -0.076
CH2CO Ketene 4.324 4.400 -0.076
C2H4 Ethylene 4.112 4.188 -0.076
OCS Carbonyl sulfide 5.030 5.090 -0.060
NH3 Ammonia 2.044 2.103 -0.059
HF Hydrogen fluoride 0.742 0.800 -0.058
HCl Hydrogen chloride 2.461 2.515 -0.053
CH2F2 Methane, difluoro- 2.708 2.761 -0.053
CH3Cl Methyl chloride 4.364 4.416 -0.052
O2 Oxygen diatomic 1.513 1.562 -0.049
C5H10 Cyclopentane 9.123 9.170 -0.047
CH3CH2CH2CN Butanenitrile 8.354 8.400 -0.046
N2H4 Hydrazine 3.424 3.460 -0.037
HCN Hydrogen cyanide 2.558 2.593 -0.035
C2H2 Acetylene 3.455 3.487 -0.032
Br Bromine atom 3.020 3.050 -0.030
SO2 Sulfur dioxide 3.856 3.882 -0.026
CH3OH Methyl alcohol 3.184 3.210 -0.026
C6H12 Cyclohexane 10.980 11.000 -0.020
PCl3 Phosphorus trichloride 10.615 10.634 -0.019
CH3CH2OH Ethanol 5.101 5.112 -0.012
N2O4 Dinitrogen tetroxide 6.487 6.495 -0.008
CH3OCH3 Dimethyl ether 5.159 5.160 -0.000
F2 Fluorine diatomic 1.160 1.160 0.000
CH3CCH propyne 5.552 5.550 0.002
SiH4 Silane 4.785 4.777 0.008
CH3F Methyl fluoride 2.549 2.540 0.009
NO Nitric oxide 1.708 1.698 0.009
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol 7.413 7.380 0.033
CH3CH(NH2)CH3 2-Propanamine 7.804 7.769 0.035
CH3CH2NH2 Ethylamine 5.907 5.870 0.037
P Phosphorus atom 3.671 3.630 0.041
CO Carbon monoxide 2.004 1.953 0.051
CH4 Methane 2.499 2.448 0.051
CH2CHCHO Acrolein 6.434 6.379 0.055
B2H6 Diborane 5.171 5.115 0.056
SO3 Sulfur trioxide 4.360 4.297 0.063
NH2CH2CH2CH3 1-Propanamine 7.766 7.700 0.066
N2 Nitrogen diatomic 1.782 1.710 0.072
C3H8O2 Methane, dimethoxy- 7.775 7.700 0.075
P4 Phosphorus tetramer 13.665 13.589 0.076
CO2 Carbon dioxide 2.585 2.507 0.078
C2H6O2 1,2-Ethanediol 5.788 5.710 0.078
C2N2 Cyanogen 5.101 5.015 0.086
NF3 Nitrogen trifluoride 2.896 2.810 0.087
CHF3 Methane, trifluoro- 2.890 2.801 0.089
C2H6 Ethane 4.317 4.226 0.091
CH2Br2 dibromomethane 8.774 8.680 0.094
BF3 Borane, trifluoro- 2.517 2.420 0.097
CCl2O Phosgene 6.895 6.790 0.105
CH3CH2SH ethanethiol 7.489 7.380 0.110
CH3NO2 Methane, nitro- 4.917 4.800 0.117
CHCCH2CH3 1-Butyne 7.531 7.410 0.121
CH3CH2CH2CH3 Butane 8.142 8.020 0.123
C6H12 hex-1-ene 11.774 11.650 0.124
CH3NH2 methyl amine 3.878 3.754 0.124
C4H8O Furan, tetrahydro- 8.011 7.880 0.131
C5H8O Cyclopentanone 9.382 9.250 0.132
C4H4O Furan 7.367 7.230 0.138
Si2H6 disilane 9.551 9.410 0.141
CH3CH2CHO Propanal 6.491 6.350 0.141
CH3COOH Acetic acid 5.291 5.149 0.142
Br2 Bromine diatomic 6.573 6.431 0.142
CH2CHCH3 Propene 6.134 5.990 0.144
HCOOH Formic acid 3.465 3.319 0.146
C5H10 2-Pentene, (E)- 9.986 9.839 0.146
C5H5N Pyridine 9.648 9.493 0.155
C2H5CN ethyl cyanide 6.397 6.240 0.157
C4H10O Methyl propyl ether 9.018 8.860 0.158
CH3CH(CH3)CH3 Isobutane 8.170 8.009 0.160
C3H4N2 1H-Pyrazole 7.398 7.230 0.168
CF4 Carbon tetrafluoride 2.995 2.824 0.170
CH3COCH2CH3 2-Butanone 8.373 8.190 0.183
CH3COCH2CH3 2-Butanone 8.373 8.190 0.183
CHClCHCl Ethene, 1,2-dichloro-, (Z)- 8.219 8.030 0.188
C5H12 Pentane 10.071 9.879 0.192
C2H8N2 Ethylenediamine 7.397 7.200 0.196
CF3Cl Methane, chlorotrifluoro- 4.861 4.650 0.211
CH2C(CH3)CH3 1-Propene, 2-methyl- 8.092 7.880 0.212
CHONH2 formamide 4.292 4.080 0.212
PH3 Phosphine 4.451 4.237 0.214
CHOCH2CH2CH3 Butanal 8.398 8.180 0.218
CH3OCHO methyl formate 5.270 5.050 0.220
CH2CHCHO Acrolein 6.605 6.379 0.226
CH3CN Acetonitrile 4.507 4.280 0.227
C2H5Br Ethyl bromide 7.512 7.280 0.232
HCOOH Formic acid 3.555 3.319 0.236
CH3CF3 Ethane, 1,1,1-trifluoro- 4.647 4.400 0.247
CH3SH Methanethiol 5.435 5.186 0.248
SiF4 Silicon tetrafluoride 3.568 3.319 0.249
CH3CH(CH3)CN Propanenitrile, 2-methyl- 8.300 8.049 0.251
C5H11Cl Pentane, 1-chloro- 12.251 12.000 0.251
C5H10O 3-Pentanone 10.185 9.930 0.255
CH3CCCH3 2-Butyne 7.753 7.480 0.272
CF3Br Bromotrifluoromethane 5.930 5.650 0.280
CH2CHCH2CH3 1-Butene 8.115 7.830 0.285
C4H5N Pyrrole 8.227 7.940 0.288
C3H7OH 1-Propanol 6.958 6.670 0.289
CH3COCH3 Acetone 6.564 6.270 0.295
CH3CHCHCH3 2-Butene, (E)- 8.175 7.880 0.295
C6H5F Fluorobenzene 10.497 10.200 0.297
C3H7OH 1-Propanol 6.968 6.670 0.299
C3H8 Propane 6.226 5.921 0.304
C4H10O 1-Butanol 8.891 8.570 0.322
CH3CHCl2 Ethane, 1,1-dichloro- 8.482 8.161 0.322
GeF4 Germanium tetrafluoride 4.374 4.050 0.324
C5H12O Propane, 1-ethoxy- 11.004 10.680 0.324
SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride 4.817 4.490 0.327
CH2ClCHCl2 1,1,2-trichloroethane 10.590 10.260 0.330
HCOOC2H5 Ethyl formate 7.214 6.880 0.334
CHClCHCl Ethene, 1,2-dichloro-, (E)- 8.485 8.150 0.335
CH3SOCH3 Dimethyl sulfoxide 8.307 7.969 0.338
C4H10O 2-Butanol, (.+/-.)- 8.915 8.570 0.345
CH3COOCH3 methyl acetate 7.158 6.811 0.347
CH3CCl(CH3)CH3 Propane, 2-chloro-2-methyl- 10.236 9.879 0.357
C4H10O Ethoxy ethane 9.089 8.730 0.360
C3H4N2 1H-Imidazole 7.462 7.090 0.372
C5H10O 2-Pentanone 10.304 9.930 0.374
C4H6O2 2,3-Butanedione 8.584 8.201 0.384
C6H14 Hexane 12.023 11.630 0.393
CH3CHOHCH3 Isopropyl alcohol 7.068 6.670 0.398
CHOCHCHCH3 2-Butenal 8.905 8.500 0.405
C5H11N Piperidine 10.740 10.320 0.421
C6H5OCH3 Anisole 13.523 13.100 0.424
C4H4O2 2-Oxetanone, 4-methylene- 8.426 8.000 0.426
CH3NHCH3 Dimethylamine 5.875 5.447 0.428
CH3CHO Acetaldehyde 4.706 4.278 0.428
CH2CCH2 allene 6.127 5.690 0.437
CH3CONH2 Acetamide 6.110 5.670 0.441
CH2CCl2 Ethene, 1,1-dichloro- 8.280 7.830 0.450
CF2Cl2 difluorodichloromethane 6.821 6.370 0.451
C6H5CHO benzaldehyde 13.255 12.800 0.455
C6H6 Benzene 10.414 9.959 0.455
CH3CCl3 Ethane, 1,1,1-trichloro- 10.575 10.120 0.456
C6H5OH phenol 11.367 10.909 0.458
As4 Arsenic tetramer 17.753 17.293 0.460
C4H8O2 1,4-Dioxane 8.900 8.430 0.470
PF5 Phosphorus pentafluoride 4.123 3.650 0.473
C4H8O2 Ethyl acetate 9.120 8.620 0.500
C3H8O3 1,2,3-Propanetriol 8.396 7.860 0.536
CHCl3 Chloroform 8.677 8.129 0.548
CFCl3 Trichloromonofluoromethane 8.803 8.249 0.553
C3H7ONO Propyl nitrite 9.060 8.500 0.561
CH2ClCH2Cl Ethane, 1,2-dichloro- 8.565 8.000 0.564
C4H5N (E)-2-Butenenitrile 8.768 8.201 0.567
C3H6O3 1,3,5-Trioxane 7.596 7.020 0.577
SiCl4 Silane, tetrachloro- 11.846 11.269 0.577
C6H10 1-Hexyne 11.480 10.900 0.580
C5H9N Propanenitrile, 2,2-dimethyl- 10.172 9.591 0.582
GeH4 Germane 5.384 4.770 0.614
C4H4S Thiophene 9.648 9.010 0.638
C10H16 adamantane 16.596 15.930 0.666
C6H5CH3 toluene 12.558 11.861 0.697
N2 Nitrogen diatomic 2.439 1.710 0.729
C4H2 Diacetylene 7.572 6.811 0.761
CCl4 Carbon tetrachloride 10.771 10.002 0.769
CHClCCl2 Trichloroethylene 10.523 9.751 0.773
C3H2N2 Malononitrile 6.591 5.790 0.801
C6H5NH2 aniline 12.384 11.581 0.803
C10H8 naphthalene 18.243 17.400 0.843
C6H5CHCH2 Styrene 15.285 14.409 0.875
N(CH3)3 Trimethylamine 7.965 7.076 0.889
C6H5Cl chlorobenzene 12.760 11.861 0.899
C5H8 Spiropentane 8.964 8.049 0.915
C2H5SC2H5 Diethyl sulfide 11.490 10.549 0.940
C3F6 hexafluoropropene 6.824 5.838 0.986
C6H5NO2 Nitrobenzene 13.379 12.259 1.120
C5H12 Butane, 2-methyl- 10.027 8.770 1.257
CaO Calcium monoxide 7.496 2.841 4.655
MgO magnesium oxide 8.070 1.750 6.320