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Geometry Comparison

C4H8O2 (1,3-Dioxolane, 2-methyl-)


distance is atom 5 (C) to atom 7 (O)

Experimental bond length is 1.422  Å

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Calculated bond length in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3 1.422
PM6 1.451
composite G2 1.402
G3 1.402
G3B3 1.429
G4 1.420

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 daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 1.438 1.444 1.444 1.439 1.402 1.402 1.403 1.398 1.400 1.396 1.396 1.402 1.402 1.398 1.404 1.398 1.398
density functional LSDA 1.466 1.448 1.448 1.459 1.414 1.414 1.414 1.411 1.413 1.404     1.413 1.409 1.412    
BLYP 1.502 1.494   1.495 1.436 1.449 1.449   1.449 1.435     1.450 1.444 1.446    
B1B95 1.466 1.457 1.457 1.462 1.416 1.418 1.418 1.414 1.417 1.410     1.417 1.412 1.416    
B3LYP 1.479 1.472 1.472 1.471 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.426   1.419 1.421 1.424 1.429 1.425   1.428  
B3LYPultrafine         1.428                     1.422  
B3PW91   1.466 1.466 1.465 1.421 1.422   1.419   1.412     1.422 1.417 1.421    
mPW1PW91   1.460   1.461 1.417 1.418 1.418 1.414 1.417 1.410         1.417    
M06-2X     1.457   1.416                        
PBEPBE   1.478     1.436 1.436 1.433 1.432 1.435 1.423 1.425   1.436 1.430      
PBEPBEultrafine         1.434                        
PBE1PBE         1.416                        
HSEh1PBE   1.446     1.415   1.417             1.413      
TPSSh         1.424   1.427     1.428       1.423      
wB97X-D     1.454   1.421   1.424   1.421     1.422 1.424 1.420   1.420  
B97D3   1.468     1.436   1.439   1.437   1.434 1.427   1.435   1.432  
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 daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2   1.482 1.482 1.490 1.429 1.432 1.426 1.424 1.420     1.420 1.424        
MP2=FULL         1.431     1.417                  
MP3         1.425   1.420                    
MP3=FULL         1.419   1.421                    
B2PLYP         1.422                 1.426      
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         1.422                        
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 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 1.450 1.409 1.449 1.407 1.445 1.445     1.404
density functional B1B95 1.462 1.416              
B3LYP 1.485 1.437 1.481 1.432 1.477 1.477     1.429
PBEPBE                 1.436
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1.507 1.436 1.506 1.438 1.505 1.505     1.425
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