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

Geometry Comparison

NO- (nitric oxide anion)


distance is atom 1 (N) to atom 2 (O)

Experimental bond length is 1.258  Å

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Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical AM1 1.175
PM3 1.198
PM6 1.208
composite G2 1.236
G3 1.236
G3B3 1.276
CBS-Q 1.230

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 1.272 1.299 1.299 1.267 1.236 1.236 1.225 1.228 1.228 1.228 1.226 1.232 1.225 1.222 1.220 1.213 1.211
density functional LSDA 1.331 1.341 1.341 1.310 1.271 1.271 1.247 1.264 1.264 1.263   1.269 1.258   1.238 1.227  
SVWN   1.341     1.274   1.247                    
BLYP 1.359 1.373 1.373 1.342 1.300 1.300 1.274 1.294 1.294 1.292   1.299 1.288        
B1B95 1.320 1.337 1.337 1.304 1.267 1.267 1.246 1.260 1.260 1.259   1.264 1.255 1.250 1.238 1.229 1.224
B3LYP 1.331 1.345 1.345 1.314 1.276 1.276 1.255 1.269 1.269 1.268 1.264 1.274 1.264 1.259 1.247 1.237 1.232
B3LYPultrafine         1.276                        
B3PW91 1.324 1.340 1.340 1.307 1.270 1.270 1.249 1.263 1.263 1.262   1.267 1.258        
mPW1PW91 1.318 1.335 1.335 1.302 1.265 1.265 1.245 1.258 1.258 1.257   1.263 1.253        
M06-2X         1.259                        
PBEPBE 1.346 1.364 1.364 1.330 1.289 1.289 1.263 1.283 1.283 1.281   1.287 1.277 1.272 1.255 1.244 1.236
HSEh1PBE         1.265                        
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 1.324 1.366 1.366 1.342 1.290 1.290 1.274 1.276 1.276 1.275 1.275 1.283 1.273 1.267 1.266 1.254 1.248
MP2FU 1.324 1.366 1.366 1.342 1.289 1.289 1.273 1.274 1.274 1.274   1.282 1.269 1.264 1.265 1.247  
MP3         1.267                        
MP4   1.401     1.306       1.293       1.278        
B2PLYP         1.285   1.266                    
Configuration interaction CID   1.333 1.333 1.304 1.263     1.249                  
CISD   1.348 1.348 1.315 1.269     1.255                  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   1.377 1.377 1.342 1.287 1.287 1.270 1.272 1.272 1.271   1.280 1.267        
QCISD(T)         1.294             1.287 1.277   1.271 1.259  
Coupled Cluster CCD   1.340 1.340 1.313 1.272 1.272 1.257 1.257 1.257 1.257   1.265 1.254   1.250 1.238  
CCSD         1.281                        
CCSD(T)         1.293             1.286 1.275 1.269 1.270 1.258  
CCSD(T)=FULL         1.292               1.270 1.266 1.282 1.264  

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 1.288 1.250 1.284 1.245 1.280 1.280
density functional B3LYP 1.337 1.293 1.332 1.288 1.329 1.329
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 1.366 1.307 1.359 1.302 1.363 1.362
Values that are outliers may reflect different atom numbering for different levels of theory.
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