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III.G.7. (XIII.B.3.) (XIII.D.5.)

Compare vibrational frequencies for two calculations for C3H3N (acrylonitrile)

A = HF/6-31G*

B = MP2FC/6-31G*

  symmetry   frequency (cm-1)   reduced mass (amu)   IR Intensity (km mol-1)
mode number A B   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio
1 A' A'   3120 3154 -34.2 0.989   1.125 1.125 0.000 1.000   30.97 34.95 -3.98 0.886
2 A' A'   3050 3069 -18.9 0.994   1.095 1.094 0.001 1.001   1.43 1.07 0.36 1.336
3 A' A'   3016 3045 -28.9 0.991   1.061 1.058 0.002 1.002   2.70 0.07 2.63 37.554
4 A' A'   2343 2482 -138.2 0.944   12.653 12.491 0.162 1.013   26.08 1644.43 -1618.34 0.016
5 A' A'   1663 1601 62.1 1.039   3.939 3.795 0.145 1.038   0.17 2.69 -2.52 0.063
6 A' A'   1417 1406 11.1 1.008   1.214 1.480 -0.266 0.820   7.67 14.55 -6.88 0.527
7 A' A'   1292 1273 19.6 1.015   1.298 1.300 -0.003 0.998   1.66 0.20 1.46 8.489
8 A' A'   1088 1113 -24.7 0.978   1.635 1.798 -0.162 0.910   15.39 43.92 -28.54 0.350
9 A' A'   877 888 -11.6 0.987   2.385 2.114 0.270 1.128   54.18 81.89 -27.71 0.662
10 A' A'   567 591 -24.1 0.959   4.147 4.416 -0.269 0.939   0.25 28.30 -28.05 0.009
11 A' A'   236 221 14.8 1.067   4.017 4.041 -0.024 0.994   4.09 7.96 -3.87 0.514
12 A" A"   1077 1030 47.2 1.046   1.400 1.438 -0.038 0.974   13.00 17.47 -4.47 0.744
13 A" A"   997 909 87.5 1.096   1.071 1.342 -0.270 0.798   37.43 30.97 6.46 1.209
14 A" A"   703 657 46.2 1.070   2.225 2.163 0.062 1.028   15.91 9.83 6.08 1.618
15 A" A"   353 314 39.1 1.125   2.581 2.842 -0.261 0.908   1.04 0.59 0.46 1.779
scaled by     0.8985 0.943

See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.