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

Geometry Comparison

CCl2- (dichloromethylene anion)


distance is atom 1 (C) to atom 2 (Cl)
No experimental bond length available. Calculated bond lengths are shown.
Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM6 1.833
composite G2 1.946
G3 1.946
G3B3 1.962
CBS-Q 1.945

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 1.963 2.114 2.039 2.092 1.946 1.946 1.924 1.943 1.943 1.927 1.933 1.946 1.916 1.904 1.926 1.905 1.898
ROHF   2.112 2.039 2.091 1.946 1.946 1.925 1.943 1.943     1.946 1.917 1.905 1.928 1.907 1.900
density functional LSDA 1.975 1.961 1.961 2.019 1.904 1.904 1.876 1.898 1.898 1.868   1.894 1.859   1.862 1.840  
BLYP 2.032 2.115 2.052 2.103 1.998 1.998 1.973 1.996 1.996 1.968   1.987 1.961        
B1B95 1.987 1.997 1.997 2.048 1.931 1.931 1.907 1.926 1.926 1.901   1.922 1.892   1.896 1.878  
B3LYP 2.004 2.090 2.022 2.074 1.962 1.962 1.937 1.959 1.959 1.935 1.947 1.953 1.925 1.911 1.927 1.910 1.901
B3LYPultrafine         1.962                        
B3PW91 1.990 2.071 1.999 2.051 1.935 1.935 1.911 1.929 1.929 1.907   1.927 1.898        
mPW1PW91 1.982 2.064 1.991 2.043 1.925 1.925 1.902 1.920 1.920 1.899   1.918 1.889   1.893 1.875  
PBEPBE 2.005 2.081 2.011 2.064 1.951 1.951 1.927 1.948 1.948 1.921   1.942 1.913   1.913 1.896  
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 1.980 2.107 2.010 2.086 1.904 1.904 1.875 1.896 1.896 1.885 1.893 1.910 1.875 1.858 1.901 1.862  
MP2FU 1.980 2.107 2.010 2.087 1.901 1.901 1.872 1.893 1.893 1.874   1.908 1.865 1.851 1.899 1.847  
ROMP2 1.980 2.010 2.010 2.087 1.903 1.903 1.874 1.895 1.895 1.883   1.908 1.874   1.899    
MP3         1.912                        
MP4   2.130     1.930       1.924       1.901        
Configuration interaction CID   2.113 2.017 2.094 1.912     1.905                  
CISD   2.120 2.021 2.102 1.916     1.909                  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   2.135 2.035 2.119 1.927 1.927 1.899 1.920 1.920 1.907   1.936 1.898   1.926 1.884  
QCISD(T)         1.934             1.943 1.905        
Coupled Cluster CCD   2.118 2.024 2.100 1.915 1.915 1.889 1.908 1.908 1.899   1.924 1.890   1.916 1.877  
CCSD(T)         1.931             1.941 1.904 1.886 1.932 1.891  
CCSD(T)=FULL         1.929             1.939 1.892 1.878 1.930 1.876  

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 2.064 1.937 2.067 1.937 2.078 2.084
density functional B3LYP 2.072 1.970 2.069 1.966 2.068 2.070
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 2.068 1.912 2.067 1.907 2.070 2.078
Values that are outliers may reflect different atom numbering for different levels of theory.
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