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

Geometry Comparison

CaOH (Calcium monohydroxide)


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

Experimental bond length is 1.976  Å

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Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM6 2.026
composite G2 2.070

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
hartree fock HF 2.041 2.048 2.037 2.087 2.070 2.069 2.101 2.006 2.008 2.037 2.127
density functional SVWN   2.050     2.044   2.076        
BLYP 2.090 2.098 2.058 2.118 2.084 2.084 2.120 1.973 1.975 2.035  
B3LYP     2.043 2.096 2.069 2.068 2.105 1.971 1.972 2.025 2.138
B3PW91 2.067 2.063 2.037 2.091 2.065 2.065 2.099 1.964 1.966 2.018  
mPW1PW91 2.062 2.057 2.033 2.086 2.061 2.061 2.095 1.963 1.965 2.016  
M06-2X         2.062            
PBEPBE 2.085 2.085 2.048 2.108 2.074 2.074 2.110 1.961 1.962 2.024  
HSEh1PBE         2.060            
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 2.052 2.085 2.074 2.103 2.075 2.074 2.119 1.994 1.998 2.023 2.177
MP2FU 2.048 2.069 2.051 2.103 2.074 2.074 2.118 1.994 1.997 2.022  
MP4 2.086 2.098     2.078       2.001 2.024  
B2PLYP         2.069   2.109        
Configuration interaction CID   2.077     2.070       2.000 2.021  
CISD   2.082     2.072       2.000 2.021  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD 2.078 2.092   2.105 2.075 2.075 2.114 2.000 2.003 2.023  
QCISD(T)   2.095 2.081 2.105 2.076   2.116 1.998 2.001    
Coupled Cluster CCD 2.045 2.079   2.099 2.072 2.071 2.111 1.998 2.001 2.021  
CCSD   2.085 2.075 2.102 2.074   2.113 1.999 2.002 2.022  
CCSD(T)     2.080 2.105 2.076   2.075 1.998 2.001 2.022  

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 1.979   1.973   2.097 2.006
density functional B3LYP 1.981   1.983   2.096 1.961
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 2.000   1.999   2.112 2.011
Values that are outliers may reflect different atom numbering for different levels of theory.
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