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

Geometry Comparison

CaOH (Calcium monohydroxide)


distance is atom 2 (O) to atom 3 (H)

Experimental bond length is 0.930  Å

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Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM6 0.835
composite G2 0.939

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 0.975 0.956 0.958 0.941 0.939 0.935 0.936 0.933 0.934 0.932 0.933
density functional SVWN   0.984     0.965   0.965        
BLYP 1.022 0.991 0.993 0.973 0.969 0.966 0.967 0.966 0.965 0.963  
B3LYP     0.981 0.962 0.959 0.956 0.957 0.956 0.956 0.953 0.952
B3PW91 1.003 0.975 0.978 0.960 0.957 0.954 0.955 0.954 0.954 0.951  
mPW1PW91 1.000 0.973 0.976 0.958 0.955 0.952 0.953 0.951 0.952 0.949  
M06-2X         0.957            
PBEPBE 1.016 0.987 0.990 0.970 0.966 0.963 0.964 0.964 0.963 0.961  
HSEh1PBE         0.955            
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 0.999 0.977 0.983 0.963 0.960 0.953 0.958 0.952 0.952 0.951 0.953
MP2FU 0.998 0.975 0.980 0.963 0.960 0.953 0.957 0.951 0.951 0.950  
MP4 1.013 0.982     0.962       0.952 0.951  
B2PLYP         0.958   0.956        
Configuration interaction CID   0.975     0.956       0.944 0.943  
CISD   0.977     0.956       0.944 0.944  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD 1.014 0.981   0.964 0.961 0.952 0.955 0.951 0.950 0.949  
QCISD(T)   0.983 0.987 0.965 0.962   0.957 0.952 0.952    
Coupled Cluster CCD 1.007 0.977   0.962 0.959 0.951 0.954 0.949 0.949 0.948  
CCSD   0.980 0.984 0.964 0.960   0.955 0.950 0.950 0.949  
CCSD(T)     0.986 0.965 0.962   0.953 0.953 0.951 0.950  

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 0.945   0.939   0.943 0.946
density functional B3LYP 0.968   0.962   0.964 0.969
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 0.973   0.966   0.968 0.973
Values that are outliers may reflect different atom numbering for different levels of theory.
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