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IV.D.1. (XII.C.1.)

Geometry Comparison

HBr- (hydrogen bromide anion)


distance is atom 1 (H) to atom 2 (Br)
No experimental bond length available. Calculated bond lengths are shown.
Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM6 1.895
composite G2 3.220

Calculated bond length in 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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
hartree fock HF 2.361 3.196 3.065 3.154 3.226 3.071 4.491 4.040 3.754 3.161 3.807 3.195 3.493 3.558 3.559 3.616 3.611
density functional LSDA 2.256 2.253 2.253 2.273 2.274 2.233 2.113 2.191 2.159 2.226   2.201 2.152 2.119 1.808 1.622 1.596
SVWN   2.303     2.274   2.114                    
BLYP 2.332 2.486 2.426 2.423 2.441 2.428 2.394 2.370 2.350 2.398   2.396 2.353        
B1B95 2.284 2.359 2.359 2.375 2.384 2.370 2.405 2.344 2.323 2.351   2.340 2.324 2.308 2.244 2.198 2.188
B3LYP 2.285 2.414 2.364 2.378 2.387 2.372 2.383 2.343 2.320 2.350 2.324 2.343 2.321 2.304 2.223 2.194 2.185
B3LYPultrafine         2.383                        
B3PW91 2.282 2.378 2.326 2.351 2.355 2.333 2.353 2.307 2.274 2.315   2.298 2.272        
mPW1PW91 2.271 2.369 2.317 2.348 2.349 2.326 2.361 2.308 2.273 2.308   2.289 2.271        
M06-2X         2.416                        
PBEPBE 2.313 2.400 2.344 2.361 2.368 2.348 2.327 2.305 2.269 2.327   2.310 2.267 2.229     1.611
HSEh1PBE         2.354                        
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC   2.887 2.797 2.845 2.938 2.702 4.420 3.337 2.572 2.676 2.666 2.497     2.662    
MP2FU   2.883 2.787 2.833 2.916 2.688 4.404 3.310 2.563 2.635   2.489          
MP3         2.867                        
MP4   2.797     2.817       2.375       2.299        
B2PLYP         2.428   2.472                    
Configuration interaction CID   2.819 2.748 2.778 2.881     3.186                  
CISD   2.771 2.728 2.733 2.844     3.012                  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   2.755 2.688 2.719 2.789 2.595 4.379 2.792 2.374 2.546   2.373 2.317        
QCISD(T)         2.764             2.357 2.296   2.336 2.209  
Coupled Cluster CCD   2.808 2.712 2.767 2.838 2.633 4.414 2.986 2.397 2.585   2.384 2.326   2.443 2.251  
CCSD         2.791                        
CCSD(T)         2.765             2.357 2.296   2.336 2.209  

Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with effective core potentials (select basis sets)
CEP-31G CEP-31G* CEP-121G CEP-121G* LANL2DZ SDD
hartree fock HF 4.575   4.170   3.741 4.978
density functional B3LYP 2.568   2.362   2.475 2.563
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 4.405   3.657   3.473 5.018
Values that are outliers may reflect different atom numbering for different levels of theory.
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