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NIST Standard Reference Database 101

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XIV.K.1. (III.G.4.)

Transition State Energies for CH₄ + F = CH₃ + HF

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Energies in kJ/mol relative to reactant

Methods with predefined basis sets

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Energies in kJ/mol relative to reactant

Methods with standard basis sets

		3-21G	6-31G*	6-31+G**	6-311+G(3df,2p)	cc-pVDZ	cc-pVTZ	aug-cc-pVDZ
hartree fock	HF	110.9	102.2	86.1	85.5	93.0	88.3	82.6
density functional	B3LYP	-21.4
		3-21G	6-31G*	6-31+G**	6-311+G(3df,2p)	cc-pVDZ	cc-pVTZ	aug-cc-pVDZ
Moller Plesset perturbation	MP2	53.7	31.7	20.3	15.8	27.7	18.7	14.4
		3-21G	6-31G*	6-31+G**	6-311+G(3df,2p)	cc-pVDZ	cc-pVTZ	aug-cc-pVDZ
Quadratic configuration interaction	QCISD	48.4
Coupled Cluster	CCD	59.4
		3-21G	6-31G*	6-31+G**	6-311+G(3df,2p)	cc-pVDZ	cc-pVTZ	aug-cc-pVDZ

For descriptions of the methods (AM1, HF, MP2, ...) and basis sets (3-21G, 3-21G*, 6-31G, ...) see the glossary in section I.C. Predefined means the basis set used is determined by the method.