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III.G.1.a.

Comparison of levels of theory for F-Mg


Click on an entry for a histogram of the values.
The subscript refers to how many bonds of that type have been calculated.
average calculated bond lengths (Å)
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical AM1 2.9532
2
PM3 1.7536
3
PM6 1.8396
3
composite G2 1.7375
3
G3 1.7375
3
G3B3 1.7549
3
CBS-Q 1.7527
3

average calculated bond lengths (Å)
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
hartree fock HF 1.7080
3
1.7312
3
1.7137
3
1.7705
3
1.7091
2
1.7375
3
1.7601
3
1.7648
3
1.7648
3
1.7382
3
1.7443
1
1.7723
3
1.7571
3
1.7480
3
1.7416
3
1.7535
2
1.7470
3
1.7411
3
ROHF   1.7294
1
1.7119
1
  1.7356
1
1.7356
1
1.7604
1
1.7631
1
1.7631
1
                 
density functional LSDA 1.7143
3
1.7264
3
1.7168
3
1.7816
3
1.7432
3
1.7432
3
1.7770
3
1.7726
3
1.7726
3
1.7423
3
    1.7616
3
1.7579
3
1.7524
2
1.7672
3
1.7608
2
1.7530
2
SVWN   1.7461
3
    1.7431
3
  1.7770
3
                     
BLYP 1.7403
3
1.7729
3
1.7406
3
1.8092
3
1.7712
3
1.7712
3
1.8109
3
1.8015
3
1.8013
3
1.7709
3
    1.7891
2
1.7921
2
  1.7970
1
   
B1B95 1.7239
3
1.7331
3
1.7247
3
1.7883
3
1.7517
3
1.7525
3
1.7851
3
1.7816
3
1.7816
3
1.7532
3
    1.7700
3
1.7670
3
1.7625
2
1.8460
1
1.7706
2
1.8277
1
B3LYP 1.7273
3
1.7537
3
1.7264
3
1.7909
3
1.7549
3
1.7549
3
1.7904
3
1.7845
3
1.7859
2
1.7552
3
1.7697
1
1.7969
3
1.7720
3
1.7734
2
1.7680
3
1.7826
2
1.7765
3
1.7695
3
B3LYPultrafine         1.7545
3
                         
B3PW91 1.7374
2
1.7552
3
1.7291
3
1.7912
3
1.7549
3
1.7549
3
1.7874
3
1.7845
3
1.7858
2
1.7551
3
    1.7744
2
1.7713
2
  1.7757
1
   
mPW1PW91 1.7341
2
1.7500
3
1.7266
2
1.7867
3
1.7510
3
1.7510
3
1.7831
3
1.7805
3
1.7806
3
1.7513
3
    1.7706
2
1.7669
2
  1.7719
1
   
M06-2X         1.7438
3
                         
PBEPBE 1.7467
2
1.7710
3
1.7414
2
1.8088
2
1.7683
3
1.7683
3
1.8052
3
1.7978
3
1.7978
3
1.7681
3
1.7829
1
  1.7860
3
1.7854
3
1.7818
2
    1.7843
2
PBEPBEultrafine         1.7647
1
                         
HSEh1PBE         1.7512
3
                         
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 1.7210
2
1.7492
3
1.7278
3
1.7944
3
1.7606
3
1.7606
3
1.7991
3
1.7849
3
1.7849
3
1.7637
3
  1.8034
3
1.7774
3
1.7751
2
1.7724
3
1.7911
3
1.7834
3
1.7765
3
MP2FU 1.7238
2
1.7502
3
1.7302
2
1.7973
2
1.7589
3
1.7589
3
1.7961
3
1.7853
3
1.7867
2
1.7569
2
    1.7793
2
1.7696
2
1.7623
3
1.7850
1
  1.7600
2
MP3         1.7532
3
                         
MP4   1.7591
2
    1.7638
3
    1.7841
1
1.7900
2
        1.7750
3
       
B2PLYP         1.7545
3
  1.7909
3
                     
Configuration interaction CID   1.7450
2
1.7236
2
1.7896
2
1.7531
3
    1.7766
3
                   
CISD   1.7482
2
1.7263
2
1.7923
2
1.7548
3
    1.7796
2
                   
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   1.7518
3
1.7300
2
1.7984
2
1.7598
3
1.7613
2
1.7950
3
1.7835
3
1.7835
3
1.7612
2
    1.7770
3
1.7688
3
       
QCISD(T)         1.7600
3
    1.7819
1
        1.7793
2
1.7716
2
  1.7894
2
1.7805
2
 
Coupled Cluster CCD   1.7467
2
1.7248
2
1.7922
2
1.7555
3
1.7570
2
1.7907
2
1.7794
3
1.7809
2
1.7572
2
    1.7725
3
1.7667
2
  1.7821
2
1.7724
2
 
CCSD         1.7573
3
    1.7786
1
                   
CCSD(T)         1.7567
1
1.7567
1
  1.7812
1
    1.7710
1
  1.7787
2
1.7710
2
  1.7885
2
1.7796
2
 
CCSD(T)=FULL         1.7592
2
                         

average calculated bond lengths (Å)
Methods with effective core potentials (select basis sets)
CEP-31G CEP-31G* CEP-121G CEP-121G* LANL2DZ SDD
hartree fock HF 1.8386
3
1.7893
3
1.7863
3
1.7499
3
1.7745
3
1.8056
3
density functional B1B95 1.8400
1
1.7951
1
       
B3LYP 1.8406
3
1.7958
3
1.8122
3
1.7741
3
1.7808
3
1.8297
3
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 1.8590
3
1.8162
3
1.8190
3
1.7814
3
1.7937
3
1.8400
3
For descriptions of the methods (AM1, HF, MP2, ...) and basis sets (3-21G, 3-21G*, 6-31G, ...) see the glossary in section I.C. Predefined means the basis set used is determined by the method.