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Comparison of levels of theory for I-H


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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 PM3 1.6771
1

average calculated bond lengths (Å)
Methods with standard basis sets
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-311G* 6-311G**
hartree fock HF 1.6384
1
1.6308
1
  1.6335
4
1.6094
1
ROHF       1.6396
1
 
density functional LSDA       1.6693
1
 
BLYP 1.6772
1
1.6599
1
  1.6670
4
1.6385
1
B1B95 1.6532
1
1.6388
1
  1.6438
4
1.6184
1
B3LYP 1.6615
1
1.6469
1
  1.6532
4
1.6261
1
B3LYPultrafine       1.6575
3
 
B3PW91 1.6573
1
1.6425
1
  1.6496
4
1.6230
1
mPW1PW91 1.6536
1
1.6395
1
  1.6468
4
1.6199
1
M06-2X   1.6371
1
  1.6470
3
 
PBEPBE 1.6714
1
1.6538
1
  1.6626
4
1.6338
1
PBEPBEultrafine       1.6672
3
 
PBE1PBE       1.6523
3
 
HSEh1PBE       1.6542
3
 
TPSSh       1.6525
3
 
wB97X-D   1.6374
1
  1.6490
3
 
B97D3 1.6659
1
    1.6606
3
 
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-311G* 6-311G**
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1.6568
1
1.6451
1
1.6419
1
1.6513
4
1.6056
1
MP2=FULL 1.6569
1
1.6454
1
  1.6502
4
1.6068
1
ROMP2       1.6564
1
 
MP3       1.6634
1
 
MP3=FULL       1.6601
3
 
MP4       1.6679
1
 
MP4=FULL       1.6693
1
 
B2PLYP       1.6536
3
 
B2PLYP=FULL       1.6541
3
 
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine       1.6541
3
 
Configuration interaction CID 1.6699
1
1.6506
1
  1.6511
4
1.6065
1
CISD 1.6717
1
1.6517
1
  1.6519
4
1.6074
1
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-311G* 6-311G**
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD 1.6735
1
1.6562
1
  1.6600
4
1.6120
1
QCISD(T) 1.6741
1
1.6582
1
  1.6627
4
1.6134
1
QCISD(T)=FULL       1.6734
1
 
Coupled Cluster CCD 1.6715
1
1.6547
1
  1.6585
4
1.6105
1
CCSD       1.6639
3
 
CCSD=FULL       1.6702
1
 
CCSD(T) 1.6741
1
1.6582
1
  1.6627
4
1.6134
1
CCSD(T)=FULL       1.6740
1
 
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-311G* 6-311G**

average calculated bond lengths (Å)
Methods with effective core potentials (select basis sets)
CEP-31G CEP-31G* CEP-121G CEP-121G* LANL2DZ SDD cc-pVTZ-PP aug-cc-pVTZ-PP Def2TZVPP
hartree fock HF 1.6225
3
  1.6190
3
  1.6158
3
1.6206
3
1.6150
4
  1.6092
4
ROHF             1.6123
2
  1.6065
2
density functional LSDA             1.6430
4
  1.6372
4
BLYP             1.6502
4
  1.6440
4
B1B95 1.6411
1
  1.6393
1
  1.6380
1
1.6407
1
1.6277
4
  1.6220
4
B3LYP 1.6498
3
  1.6475
3
  1.6407
3
1.6457
3
1.6361
4
  1.6304
4
B3LYPultrafine             1.6361
4
  1.6304
4
B3PW91             1.6329
4
  1.6274
4
mPW1PW91             1.6302
4
  1.6246
4
M06-2X             1.6270
4
  1.6216
4
PBEPBE             1.6460
4
  1.6402
4
PBEPBEultrafine             1.6460
4
  1.6402
4
PBE1PBE             1.6314
4
  1.6257
4
HSEh1PBE             1.6329
4
  1.6273
4
TPSSh             1.6331
4
  1.6274
4
wB97X-D 1.6469
2
  1.6447
2
  1.6357
2
1.6421
2
1.6285
4
  1.6231
4
B97D3             1.6408
4
  1.6348
4
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1.6421
3
  1.6385
3
  1.6338
3
1.6394
3
1.6151
4
  1.6055
4
MP2=FULL             1.6124
4
  1.6008
4
ROMP2             1.6147
4
  1.6052
4
MP3             1.6182
4
  1.6096
4
MP3=FULL             1.6156
4
  1.6051
4
MP4             1.6215
4
  1.6131
4
MP4=FULL             1.6188
4
  1.6082
4
B2PLYP             1.6275
4
  1.6204
4
B2PLYP=FULL             1.6267
4
  1.6190
4
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine             1.6267
4
  1.6190
4
Configuration interaction CID             1.6158
4
  1.6024
4
CISD             1.6166
4
  1.6029
4
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD             1.6216
4
  1.6125
4
QCISD(T)             1.6237
4
  1.6152
4
QCISD(T)=FULL             1.6210
4
  1.6104
4
Coupled Cluster CCD             1.6203
4
  1.6110
4
CCSD             1.6216
4
  1.6124
4
CCSD=FULL             1.6188
4
  1.6076
4
CCSD(T)             1.6237
4
  1.6152
4
CCSD(T)=FULL             1.6210
4
  1.6104
4
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.