Geometry Comparison
CH3CH2CHO (Propanal)
distance is atom 2 (C) to atom 3 (C)
Experimental bond length is 1.509 Å
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Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
| semi-empirical |
PM3 |
1.509 |
| PM6 |
1.513 |
| composite |
G2 |
1.747 |
| G3 |
1.747 |
| G3B3 |
1.512 |
| CBS-Q |
1.753 |
Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with standard basis sets
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STO-3G |
3-21G |
3-21G* |
6-31G |
6-31G* |
6-31G** |
6-31+G** |
6-311G* |
6-311G** |
6-31G(2df,p) |
6-311+G(3df,2p) |
TZVP |
cc-pVDZ |
cc-pVTZ |
aug-cc-pVDZ |
aug-cc-pVTZ |
| hartree fock |
HF |
1.542 |
1.508 |
1.508 |
1.500 |
1.507 |
1.506 |
1.506 |
1.507 |
1.507 |
1.508 |
1.505 |
1.505 |
1.506 |
1.504 |
1.506 |
1.504 |
| density functional |
LSDA |
1.548 |
1.496 |
1.496 |
1.488 |
1.490 |
1.490 |
1.488 |
1.487 |
1.487 |
1.488 |
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|
1.490 |
1.483 |
1.487 |
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| SVWN |
|
1.495 |
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1.490 |
|
1.488 |
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| BLYP |
1.585 |
1.530 |
1.530 |
1.521 |
1.523 |
1.522 |
1.521 |
1.522 |
1.522 |
1.523 |
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1.522 |
1.516 |
1.519 |
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| B1B95 |
1.553 |
1.508 |
1.508 |
1.500 |
1.502 |
1.503 |
1.502 |
1.502 |
1.501 |
1.503 |
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1.502 |
1.497 |
1.499 |
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| B3LYP |
1.566 |
1.516 |
1.516 |
1.508 |
1.511 |
1.511 |
1.509 |
1.510 |
|
1.512 |
1.506 |
1.507 |
1.510 |
1.505 |
1.508 |
1.505 |
| B3LYPultrafine |
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1.511 |
|
1.510 |
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| B3PW91 |
|
1.511 |
1.511 |
1.504 |
1.507 |
1.506 |
1.505 |
1.505 |
|
1.507 |
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1.505 |
1.501 |
1.504 |
|
| mPW1PW91 |
|
1.508 |
1.508 |
1.501 |
1.505 |
1.504 |
1.502 |
1.503 |
1.502 |
1.505 |
|
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1.503 |
1.499 |
1.501 |
|
| M06-2X |
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1.508 |
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| PBEPBE |
|
1.521 |
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|
1.514 |
1.514 |
1.512 |
1.512 |
1.511 |
1.513 |
1.508 |
|
1.513 |
1.508 |
|
1.508 |
| PBEPBEultrafine |
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|
1.514 |
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| HSEh1PBE |
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1.504 |
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| Moller Plesset perturbation |
MP2FC |
|
1.524 |
1.524 |
1.519 |
1.507 |
1.506 |
1.504 |
1.509 |
1.510 |
1.506 |
|
1.504 |
1.513 |
1.502 |
1.511 |
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| MP2FU |
|
1.524 |
1.524 |
1.519 |
1.504 |
1.504 |
1.503 |
1.507 |
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1.511 |
1.495 |
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| MP3 |
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1.508 |
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| MP4 |
|
1.533 |
|
|
1.513 |
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| B2PLYP |
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1.509 |
|
1.507 |
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| Configuration interaction |
CID |
|
1.519 |
1.519 |
1.513 |
1.504 |
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1.507 |
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| CISD |
|
1.520 |
1.520 |
1.513 |
1.505 |
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1.507 |
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| Quadratic configuration interaction |
QCISD |
|
1.530 |
1.530 |
1.523 |
1.511 |
1.511 |
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1.515 |
1.516 |
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| Coupled Cluster |
CCD |
|
1.527 |
1.527 |
1.522 |
1.510 |
1.509 |
1.508 |
1.513 |
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Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with effective core potentials (select basis sets)
|
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CEP-31G |
CEP-31G* |
CEP-121G |
CEP-121G* |
LANL2DZ |
SDD |
| hartree fock |
HF |
1.520 |
1.522 |
1.516 |
1.518 |
1.508 |
1.508 |
| density functional |
B1B95 |
1.525 |
1.524 |
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|
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| B3LYP |
1.533 |
1.530 |
1.526 |
1.524 |
1.517 |
1.517 |
| Moller Plesset perturbation |
MP2FC |
1.549 |
1.527 |
1.539 |
1.519 |
1.536 |
1.536 |
Values that are outliers may reflect different atom numbering for
different levels of theory.
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