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

Geometry Comparison

CH3COCl (Acetyl Chloride)


distance is atom 1 (C) to atom 4 (Cl)

Experimental bond length is 1.798  Å

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Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical AM1 1.744
PM3 1.780
PM6 1.796
composite G2 1.784
G3 1.784
G3B3 1.835
CBS-Q 1.792

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z
hartree fock HF 1.831 1.931 1.803 1.861 1.784 1.784 1.781 1.796 1.796 1.790 1.779 1.801 1.798 1.789 1.797 1.789 1.784
density functional LSDA 1.873 1.937 1.838 1.884 1.807 1.807 1.799 1.815 1.816 1.799     1.809 1.798 1.805    
SVWN   1.937     1.809   1.800                    
BLYP 1.922 2.016 1.917 1.959 1.876 1.877 1.867 1.892 1.893 1.871     1.879 1.871 1.876    
B1B95 1.871 1.946 1.839 1.888 1.805 1.810 1.802 1.818 1.818 1.807     1.815 1.801 1.808    
B3LYP 1.889 1.976 1.869 1.916 1.835 1.835 1.828 1.847   1.833 1.821 1.844 1.840 1.830 1.839 1.830 1.826
B3LYPultrafine         1.835   1.828                    
B3PW91   1.954 1.847 1.895 1.817 1.817 1.810 1.824   1.814     1.824 1.813 1.820    
mPW1PW91   1.943   1.885 1.808 1.808 1.801 1.817 1.817 1.806     1.814 1.805 1.812    
M06-2X         1.807                        
PBEPBE   1.980     1.842 1.843 1.833 1.852 1.852 1.837 1.825   1.846 1.835   1.836  
PBEPBEultrafine         1.842                        
HSEh1PBE         1.808                        
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC   2.019 1.877 1.944 1.801 1.799 1.792 1.808 1.806     1.815 1.818 1.801 1.822   1.797
MP2FU   2.019     1.799 1.797 1.790 1.805         1.816       1.789
MP3         1.790                        
MP4         1.814                        
B2PLYP         1.821   1.813                    
Configuration interaction CID         1.783                        
CISD         1.785                        
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   1.990     1.797     1.804 1.801                
Coupled Cluster CCD         1.791                        

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 1.852 1.791 1.851 1.795 1.859 1.866
density functional B1B95 1.886 1.816        
B3LYP 1.911 1.842 1.909 1.843 1.908 1.912
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 1.928 1.813 1.932 1.818 1.935 1.950
Values that are outliers may reflect different atom numbering for different levels of theory.
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