return to home page

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

Geometry Comparison

PF5 (Phosphorus pentafluoride)


distance is atom 1 (P) to atom 5 (F)

Experimental bond length is 1.577  Å

original data displayed. press to display differences
differences displayed. press to display original data

Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3 1.553
PM6 1.548
composite G2 1.535
G3 1.568
G3B3 1.597
molecular mechanics DREIDING 1.491

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 1.623 1.604 1.566 1.655 1.568 1.568 1.572 1.563 1.563 1.552 1.554 1.567 1.593 1.559 1.585 1.561 1.554
density functional LSDA 1.673 1.611 1.554 1.682 1.585 1.585 1.594 1.587 1.587 1.567     1.611 1.583 1.612    
SVWN   1.630     1.585   1.594                    
BLYP 1.708 1.662   1.717 1.617 1.617 1.629   1.621 1.597     1.642 1.616 1.645    
B1B95 1.671 1.629 1.578 1.681 1.585 1.587 1.595 1.588 1.588 1.571     1.613 1.581 1.609    
B3LYP 1.680 1.639 1.588 1.692 1.597 1.597 1.606 1.598   1.578 1.587 1.605 1.622 1.594     1.586
B3LYPultrafine         1.597                        
B3PW91   1.637 1.585 1.689 1.593 1.593   1.594   1.577     1.618 1.589 1.617    
mPW1PW91   1.631   1.684 1.589 1.589 1.596 1.589 1.589 1.572     1.614   1.612    
M06-2X         1.586                        
PBEPBE   1.656     1.610 1.610 1.621 1.613 1.613 1.592 1.602   1.636 1.609      
PBEPBEultrafine         1.610                        
HSEh1PBE         1.590                        
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC   1.631 1.587 1.696 1.598 1.598 1.607 1.589 1.589     1.598 1.621       1.580
MP2FU         1.566     1.588                 1.576
MP3         1.590                        
B2PLYP         1.594   1.604                    
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   1.566     1.594       1.585                
Coupled Cluster CCD         1.592                        

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 1.669 1.586 1.667 1.584 1.660 1.654
density functional B1B95 1.705 1.611        
B3LYP 1.715 1.619 1.713 1.619 1.702 1.695
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 1.729 1.620 1.725 1.619 1.713 1.704
Values that are outliers may reflect different atom numbering for different levels of theory.
Please use the error report form to report problems.