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Uppsala Software Factory - Typical bond lengths

Information in this table was derived from the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (63rd edition mostly, some information from the 75th edition).

Element 1 Element 2 Typical bond length (Å) Remarks
C H 1.09 C-H range 1.056-1.115
C Be 1.93 C-Be
C Hg 2.07 C-Hg
C B 1.56 C-B
C Al 2.24 C-Al
C In 2.16 C-In
C Ge 1.98 C-Ge
C Si 1.86 C-Si range 1.84-1.88
C In 2.16 C-In
C Sn 2.16 C-Sn range 2.143-2.18
C Pb 2.29 C-Pb
C P 1.87 C-P
C As 1.98 C-As
C Sb 2.20 C-Sb
C Bi 2.30 C-Bi
C Cr 1.92 C-Cr
C Te 2.05 C-Te
C Mo 2.08 C-Mo
C W 2.06 C-W
C F 1.83 C-F CH3-F type
C F 1.32 C-F non CH3-F type; range 1.30-1.334
C Cl 1.77 C-Cl CH3-Cl type
C Cl 1.71 C-Cl CH2=CH-Cl or C6H5-Cl type; range 1.70-1.72
C Cl 1.64 C-Cl acetylenic type
C Br 1.94 C-Br CH3-Br type
C Br 1.87 C-Br CH2=CH-Br or C6H5-Br type; range 1.85-1.89
C Br 1.79 C-Br acetylenic type
C I 2.13 C-I CH3-Cl type
C I 2.07 C-I CH2=CH-I or C6H5-I type; range 2.05-2.092
C I 1.99 C-I acetylenic type
C Fe 1.84 C-Fe
C Co 1.83 C-Co
C Ni 1.82 C-Ni
C Pd 2.27 C-Pd
C C 1.53 C-C single; range 1.49-1.54
C C 1.44 C-C single shortened; range 1.421-1.46
C C 1.39 C-C aromatic or near two triple bonds; range 1.373-1.395
C C 1.34 C-C double or partial triple; range 1.309-1.337
C C 1.20 C-C triple; range 1.204-1.206
C N 1.48 C-N single; range 1.472-1.479
C N 1.43 C-N aromatic
C N 1.34 C-N partial double; range 1.322-1.352
C N 1.16 C-N triple
C O 1.43 C-O single
C O 1.47 C-O single strained
C O 1.36 C-O partial double
C O 1.24 C-O double; range 1.23-1.26
C O 1.19 C-O shortened double; range 1.17-1.207
C S 1.82 C-S single
C S 1.72 C-S (partial) double; range 1.71-1.73
C S 1.56 C-S double
C Se 1.97 C-Se single
C Se 1.89 C-Se (partial) double; guess !!!
C Se 1.71 C-Se double
S S 2.07 S-S single
S S 1.89 S-S double
Se Se 2.32 Se-Se single
Se Se 2.15 Se-Se double
H N 1.01 N-H
H O 0.98 O-H
H P 1.42 P-H
H S 1.35 S-H
H Se 1.47 Se-H
O Cl 1.49 O-Cl
O N 1.14 O-N double
O N 1.46 O-N single
O P 1.38 O-P double
O P 1.63 O-P single
O S 1.43 O-S double


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