The Research Highlight 'Growing up bigger' (Nature 453, 567; 2008) said that deuterium atoms in deuterated benzene can occupy more space than hydrogen atoms in benzene owing to vibrations of the carbon–deuterium and carbon–hydrogen bonds. In fact, the effect is caused by vibrations of the entire molecules about their equilibrium positions.
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Correction. Nature 453, 701 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/453701d
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