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

Geometry Comparison

HOBr (Hypobromous acid)


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

Experimental bond length is 1.834  Å

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Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3 1.826
PM6 1.848
composite G2 1.809
CBS-Q 1.804

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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ
hartree fock HF 1.830 1.845 1.825 1.874 1.809 1.808 1.802 1.806 1.808 1.768 1.781 1.796 1.815 1.781 1.778 1.804 1.781 1.778
density functional LSDA 1.892 1.895 1.855 1.926 1.841 1.840 1.837 1.846 1.848 1.796     1.847 1.820   1.841    
SVWN   1.895     1.841   1.837                      
BLYP 1.930 1.954 1.913 1.985 1.905 1.903 1.901 1.911 1.912 1.856     1.909 1.883        
B1B95             1.839                      
B3LYP 1.899   1.880 1.946 1.869 1.867 1.863 1.872 1.873 1.821   1.863 1.873 1.845 1.841 1.864 1.844 1.841
B3PW91 1.893 1.902 1.867 1.932 1.853 1.851 1.846 1.856 1.857 1.808     1.858 1.828        
mPW1PW91 1.885 1.893 1.859 1.923 1.845 1.843 1.838 1.847 1.849 1.801     1.850 1.821        
M06-2X         1.835                          
PBEPBE 1.916 1.932 1.891 1.962 1.880 1.878 1.875 1.885 1.887 1.832 1.857   1.884 1.857     1.856  
PBEPBEultrafine         1.877                          
HSEh1PBE         1.847                          
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 1.880 1.916 1.885 1.953 1.866 1.864 1.862 1.858 1.860 1.811   1.851 1.866 1.825   1.859 1.823  
MP2FU 1.880 1.915 1.885 1.952 1.863 1.861 1.859 1.857 1.859 1.799     1.865 1.821   1.857    
MP3         1.864                          
MP4 1.906 1.936     1.880                 1.838        
B2PLYP         1.867   1.862                      
Configuration interaction CID   1.906     1.849                          
CISD   1.912     1.852                          
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD 1.911 1.931   1.968 1.871 1.869 1.865 1.863 1.865 1.812     1.873 1.824        
QCISD(T)         1.883       1.879 1.823                
Coupled Cluster CCD 1.909 1.922   1.956 1.865 1.863 1.858 1.856 1.858 1.808     1.866 1.819        
CCSD         1.870                          
CCSD(T)         1.883       1.879 1.823                

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 1.881   1.879   1.886 1.872
density functional B1B95 1.931          
B3LYP 1.952   1.949   1.954 1.941
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 1.965   1.959   1.963 1.951
Values that are outliers may reflect different atom numbering for different levels of theory.
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