Geometry Comparison
C8H8 (cyclooctatetraene)
distance is atom 1 (C) to atom 2 (C)
Experimental bond length is 1.337 Å
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Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
| semi-empirical |
PM3 |
1.335 |
| PM6 |
1.339 |
| composite |
G3 |
1.324 |
| G3B3 |
1.342 |
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 |
1.316 |
1.320 |
1.320 |
1.329 |
1.324 |
1.323 |
1.326 |
1.322 |
1.322 |
1.320 |
1.320 |
1.320 |
1.327 |
1.320 |
1.328 |
1.320 |
| density functional |
LSDA |
1.347 |
1.339 |
1.339 |
1.346 |
1.342 |
1.342 |
1.344 |
1.337 |
1.337 |
1.338 |
|
|
1.345 |
1.334 |
1.345 |
|
| SVWN |
|
1.339 |
|
|
1.342 |
|
1.344 |
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| BLYP |
1.362 |
1.351 |
1.351 |
1.359 |
1.354 |
1.354 |
1.357 |
1.350 |
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|
|
1.357 |
1.346 |
1.357 |
|
| B1B95 |
1.341 |
1.335 |
1.335 |
1.343 |
1.337 |
1.338 |
1.340 |
1.335 |
1.335 |
1.334 |
|
|
1.340 |
1.330 |
1.339 |
|
| B3LYP |
1.347 |
1.339 |
1.339 |
1.347 |
1.342 |
1.342 |
1.345 |
1.338 |
|
1.338 |
|
1.337 |
1.345 |
1.335 |
1.345 |
|
| B3PW91 |
|
1.339 |
1.339 |
1.346 |
1.341 |
1.341 |
1.343 |
1.338 |
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|
|
1.344 |
1.334 |
1.344 |
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| mPW1PW91 |
|
1.336 |
1.336 |
1.343 |
1.339 |
1.339 |
1.341 |
1.335 |
1.335 |
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|
|
1.341 |
1.332 |
|
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| M06-2X |
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|
1.337 |
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| PBEPBE |
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|
|
1.348 |
1.348 |
1.346 |
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| HSEh1PBE |
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|
|
1.340 |
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| Moller Plesset perturbation |
MP2FC |
|
1.350 |
1.350 |
1.361 |
1.348 |
1.347 |
1.351 |
1.349 |
1.349 |
|
|
1.344 |
1.357 |
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| MP2FU |
|
1.349 |
1.349 |
1.361 |
1.346 |
1.346 |
1.349 |
1.348 |
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|
1.356 |
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| B2PLYP |
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|
|
1.344 |
|
1.347 |
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| Configuration interaction |
CID |
|
1.331 |
|
|
1.329 |
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| CISD |
|
1.332 |
|
|
1.329 |
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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 |
1.355 |
1.349 |
1.342 |
1.331 |
1.338 |
1.337 |
| density functional |
B1B95 |
1.371 |
1.367 |
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|
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| B3LYP |
1.374 |
1.368 |
1.361 |
1.351 |
1.356 |
1.357 |
| Moller Plesset perturbation |
MP2FC |
1.396 |
1.377 |
1.378 |
1.358 |
1.376 |
1.375 |
Values that are outliers may reflect different atom numbering for
different levels of theory.
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