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

Geometry Comparison

C5H10O (2-Butanone, 3-methyl-)


distance is atom 3 (H) to atom 6 (C)

Experimental bond length is 1.113  Å

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Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3 1.097
PM6 1.057
composite G2 1.086
G3 1.086
G3B3 1.097

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 1.086 1.085 1.082 1.085 1.086 1.086 1.086 1.086 1.086 1.086 1.084 1.080 1.092 1.084 1.091 1.084
density functional LSDA 1.102 1.107 1.107 1.107 1.106 1.105 1.106 1.104 1.104 1.105     1.112 1.102 1.109  
SVWN   1.086     1.106   1.090                  
BLYP 1.110 1.103   1.104 1.105 1.104 1.102   1.102 1.103     1.111 1.097 1.101  
B1B95 1.099 1.096 1.096 1.096 1.095 1.094 1.095 1.094 1.093 1.094     1.101 1.090 1.097  
B3LYP 1.102 3.136 1.096 1.096 1.097 1.094 1.095 1.093   1.096 1.093 1.090 1.103      
B3LYPultrafine         1.097                      
B3PW91   1.098 1.098 1.096 1.097 1.094   1.093   1.096     1.103 1.091 1.094  
mPW1PW91   1.095   1.096 1.093 1.096 1.093 1.092 1.088 1.095     1.099   1.093  
M06-2X         1.085                      
PBEPBE         1.106 1.104 1.105 1.103 1.097 1.104 1.101   1.111 1.101    
PBEPBEultrafine         1.106                      
HSEh1PBE         1.086                      
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC   1.094 1.094 1.100 1.095 1.091 1.092 1.094 1.095     1.087 1.104      
MP2FU         1.095     1.094                
MP3         1.096                      
B2PLYP         1.085   1.083                  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   1.095                            

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 1.090 1.091 1.087 1.087 1.085 1.085
density functional B1B95 1.103 1.103        
B3LYP 1.105 1.105 1.098 1.097 1.097 1.099
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 1.111 1.105 1.104 1.097 1.106 1.106
Values that are outliers may reflect different atom numbering for different levels of theory.
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