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Geometry Comparison

CH2Cl2 (Methylene chloride)


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

Experimental bond length is 1.767  Å

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Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical AM1 1.741
PM3 1.758
PM6 1.767
composite G2 1.768
G3 1.768
G3B3 1.791
G4 1.785
CBS-Q 1.770

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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 1.804 1.852 1.784 1.831 1.768 1.768 1.769 1.770 1.770 1.767 1.763 1.776 1.774 1.768 1.766 1.775 1.768 1.766 1.765     1.776 1.776 1.768
density functional LSDA                                     1.753   1.754 1.766    
BLYP 1.857 1.894 1.829 1.879 1.814 1.814 1.815 1.814 1.814 1.807 1.801 1.818 1.815 1.808   1.816 1.808   1.803   1.804 1.815 1.816 1.808
B1B95 1.818 1.785 1.785 1.832 1.770 1.770 1.770 1.769 1.769 1.765 1.760 1.774 1.771 1.766   1.772 1.766   1.762   1.762 1.772 1.772 1.766
B3LYP 1.836 1.870 1.806 1.854 1.791 1.791 1.792 1.791 1.791 1.785 1.780 1.795 1.793 1.786 1.783 1.794 1.786 1.783 1.782   1.783 1.793 1.794 1.786
B3LYPultrafine   1.870     1.791 1.791 1.792 1.791   1.785 1.780 1.795 1.793 1.786   1.794 1.786   1.782   1.783 1.793 1.794 1.786
B3PW91 1.826 1.857 1.793 1.841 1.778 1.778 1.778 1.777 1.777 1.772 1.768 1.782 1.780 1.773   1.781 1.773   1.769   1.770 1.780 1.781 1.773
mPW1PW91 1.821 1.851 1.788 1.835 1.773 1.773 1.773 1.772 1.772 1.768 1.763 1.777 1.775 1.769   1.776 1.769   1.765   1.765 1.775 1.776 1.769
M06-2X 1.814 1.849 1.789 1.832 1.774 1.774 1.775 1.774 1.774 1.769 1.765 1.778 1.776 1.769   1.777 1.769   1.766   1.767 1.776 1.777 1.770
PBEPBE 1.837 1.871 1.807 1.856 1.791 1.791 1.792 1.790 1.790 1.784 1.779 1.795 1.792 1.785   1.793 1.786   1.781   1.782 1.792 1.793 1.786
PBEPBEultrafine   1.871     1.791 1.791 1.792 1.790   1.784 1.779 1.795 1.792 1.785   1.793 1.786   1.781   1.782 1.792 1.793 1.786
PBE1PBE 1.818 1.786 1.786 1.833 1.771 1.771 1.772 1.771 1.771 1.766 1.761 1.775 1.773 1.767   1.774 1.767   1.763   1.764 1.773 1.774 1.767
HSEh1PBE 1.819 1.851 1.787 1.835 1.772 1.772 1.773 1.772 1.772 1.767 1.762 1.776 1.774 1.768   1.775 1.768   1.764   1.765 1.774 1.775 1.768
TPSSh 1.833 1.869 1.805 1.852 1.787 1.787 1.787 1.786 1.786 1.782 1.776 1.792 1.789 1.782 1.779 1.790 1.782 1.779 1.778   1.779 1.790 1.790 1.782
wB97X-D 1.823 1.850 1.792 1.834 1.778 1.777 1.778 1.778 1.777 1.773 1.768 1.782 1.780 1.773 1.770 1.782 1.774 1.770 1.770   1.770 1.781 1.782 1.774
B97D3 1.845 1.880 1.812 1.865 1.796 1.796 1.797 1.795 1.795 1.790 1.784 1.800 1.797 1.790 1.787 1.798 1.790 1.787 1.786   1.786 1.797 1.798 1.790
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1.827 1.881 1.797 1.862 1.769 1.767 1.768 1.769 1.768 1.768 1.761 1.776 1.777 1.768 1.762 1.784 1.767 1.762 1.764   1.764 1.787 1.784 1.767
MP2=FULL 1.827 1.881 1.796 1.862 1.767 1.766 1.767 1.768 1.766 1.761 1.756 1.775 1.776 1.763 1.758 1.782 1.760 1.757 1.758   1.760 1.786 1.782 1.761
MP3         1.772   1.771       1.766 1.780 1.781 1.772               1.791 1.788 1.771
MP3=FULL   1.881 1.798 1.862 1.771 1.769 1.770 1.772 1.770 1.766 1.761 1.779 1.780 1.767   1.786 1.764         1.789 1.787 1.765
MP4   1.894     1.778       1.778   1.772 1.787 1.788 1.778   1.795 1.778         1.797 1.795 1.778
MP4=FULL   1.895     1.777       1.777   1.767   1.786 1.773   1.793 1.770         1.796 1.793 1.771
B2PLYP 1.830 1.872 1.800 1.855 1.781 1.780 1.781 1.782 1.781 1.778 1.773 1.787 1.786 1.779   1.789 1.779   1.774   1.775 1.790 1.789 1.778
B2PLYP=FULL 1.830 1.872 1.800 1.855 1.780 1.780 1.781 1.781 1.781 1.775 1.771 1.787 1.786 1.777   1.789 1.776   1.773   1.774 1.790 1.789 1.776
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine 1.830 1.872 1.800 1.855 1.780 1.780 1.781 1.781 1.781 1.775 1.771 1.787 1.786 1.777   1.789 1.776   1.773 1.772 1.774 1.790 1.789 1.776
Configuration interaction CID   1.874 1.791 1.855 1.767     1.767     1.757   1.775 1.763         1.760   1.760 1.780 1.778 1.762
CISD   1.878 1.793 1.858 1.768     1.769     1.758   1.776 1.764         1.761   1.760 1.781 1.779 1.763
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   1.890 1.802 1.870 1.775 1.774 1.774 1.776 1.774 1.774 1.767 1.783 1.784 1.773   1.790 1.773         1.792 1.790 1.773
QCISD(T)         1.779     1.780     1.772 1.788 1.788 1.778   1.795 1.778         1.797 1.795 1.778
QCISD(T)=FULL         1.777   1.777       1.766   1.787 1.772 1.767 1.793 1.770 1.767 1.768   1.771 1.796 1.793 1.771
Coupled Cluster CCD   1.884 1.799 1.864 1.772 1.771 1.772 1.773 1.771 1.771 1.765 1.779 1.781 1.771   1.787 1.770         1.789 1.787 1.770
CCSD         1.774 1.773 1.774 1.775 1.773 1.773 1.766 1.782 1.783 1.772 1.767 1.789 1.772 1.766       1.791 1.789 1.772
CCSD=FULL         1.773         1.766 1.761 1.781 1.782 1.768 1.762 1.787 1.765 dnf 1.764   1.765 1.790 1.787 1.765
CCSD(T)         1.778 1.777 1.778 1.780 1.778 1.777 1.771 1.787 1.788 1.777 1.771 1.794 1.777 1.771       1.797 1.794 1.777
CCSD(T)=FULL         1.777           1.766 1.786 1.786 1.772 1.767 1.793 1.770 1.767 1.768   1.770 1.795 1.793 1.770
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ Sadlej_pVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ

Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with effective core potentials (select basis sets)
CEP-31G CEP-31G* CEP-121G CEP-121G* LANL2DZ SDD cc-pVTZ-PP aug-cc-pVTZ-PP Def2TZVPP
hartree fock HF 1.833 1.780 1.830 1.779 1.827 1.833     1.765
density functional BLYP                 1.802
B1B95 1.848 1.790             1.761
B3LYP 1.867 1.808 1.862 1.806 1.852 1.854     1.781
B3LYPultrafine                 1.781
B3PW91                 1.769
mPW1PW91                 1.764
M06-2X                 1.766
PBEPBE                 1.780
PBEPBEultrafine                 1.780
PBE1PBE                 1.763
HSEh1PBE                 1.764
TPSSh                 1.777
wB97X-D 1.847 1.793 1.843 1.791 1.833 1.836     1.769
B97D3                 1.785
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1.871 1.788 1.867 1.786 1.862 1.871     1.763
MP2=FULL                 1.760
MP3                 1.768
MP3=FULL                 1.766
MP4                 1.774
MP4=FULL                 1.771
B2PLYP                 1.774
B2PLYP=FULL                 1.773
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine                 1.773
Configuration interaction CID                 1.759
CISD                 1.760
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD                 1.769
QCISD(T)                 1.774
QCISD(T)=FULL                 1.771
Coupled Cluster CCD                 1.767
CCSD                 1.769
CCSD=FULL                 1.766
CCSD(T)                 1.773
CCSD(T)=FULL                 1.771
Values that are outliers may reflect incorrect atom numbering for different levels of theory.
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