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

Geometry Comparison

HF- (hydrogen fluoride anion)


distance is atom 1 (F) to atom 2 (H)
No experimental bond length available. Calculated bond lengths are shown.
Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical AM1 1.439
PM3 1.515
PM6 1.639
composite G2 1.639
G3 1.639
G3B3 1.726
CBS-Q 1.662

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 1.598 1.645 1.645 1.678 1.639 1.635 2.989 1.563 1.553 1.624 1.521 1.620 1.585 1.001 dnf dnf  
ROHF         1.657                        
density functional LSDA 1.707 1.788 1.788 1.674 1.649 1.630 1.701 1.375 1.220 1.617   1.545 1.239   0.971    
SVWN   1.788     1.649   1.701                    
BLYP 1.777 1.994 1.994 1.903 1.875 1.837 1.864 1.701 1.678 1.819   1.804 1.590        
B1B95 1.713 1.821 1.821 1.737 1.717 1.701 1.818 1.578 1.549 1.693   1.668 1.478 1.085 dnf dnf dnf
B3LYP 1.715 1.840 1.840 1.747 1.726 1.709 1.805 1.589 1.564 1.700 1.421 1.678 1.496 1.130 dnf dnf dnf
B3LYPultrafine         1.726                        
B3PW91 1.718 1.814 1.814 1.710 1.687 1.670 1.772 1.520 1.469 1.661   1.629 1.408        
mPW1PW91 1.700 1.770 1.770 1.680 1.656 1.639 1.765 1.495 1.433 1.631   1.600 1.385        
M06-2X         1.631                        
PBEPBE 1.768 1.922 1.922 1.794 1.771 1.745 1.806 1.565 1.518 1.735   1.694 1.436 1.141     dnf
HSEh1PBE         1.658                        
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC dnf 1.675 1.675 1.688 1.639 1.590 2.082 1.519 1.141 1.585 1.211 1.526 1.286 1.084 dnf dnf dnf
MP2FU dnf 1.675 1.675 1.688 1.639 1.589 2.082 1.518 1.139 1.584   1.526 1.268 1.081 0.948   dnf
MP3         1.615                        
MP4   1.668     1.619       1.154       1.292        
B2PLYP         1.653   1.840                    
Configuration interaction CID   1.664 1.664 1.670 1.618     1.497                  
CISD   1.666 1.666 1.680 1.621     1.497                  
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   1.669 1.669 1.692 1.628 1.584 1.983 1.505 1.163 1.574   1.525 1.324        
QCISD(T)         1.619             1.517 1.315   0.947 0.940  
Coupled Cluster CCD   1.666 1.666 1.671 1.618 1.572 2.016 1.498 1.140 1.566   1.510 1.287     dnf  
CCSD         dnf                        
CCSD(T)         1.619             1.518 1.314 1.077 0.947 0.939 0.935
CCSD(T)=FULL                           1.075     0.934

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 2.695 2.672 1.651 1.518 2.251 2.255
density functional B3LYP 1.744 1.738 1.540 1.435 1.754 1.753
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 1.931 1.868 1.598 1.401 1.866 1.866
Values that are outliers may reflect different atom numbering for different levels of theory.
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