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Calculated Energies of Hydrogen Bonds (0K)

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Dimer H Donor H Acceptor comment
H2OH2CO water formaldehyde dimer H2O Water H2CO Formaldehyde

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Energies in kJ mol-1
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM6 dnf

Energies in kJ mol-1
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 7.4 27.2 14.2 19.2     9.9 11.2   9.1 9.3
density functional B3LYP   37.6 18.6 13.5   18.1 11.5 13.3   10.8  
B3LYPultrafine   37.6 18.6 13.4     11.5     10.7  
PBEPBE   42.2 21.1 15.2     13.1     12.2  
PBEPBEultrafine   42.2 21.2 15.3     13.2     12.4  
STO-3G 3-21G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2   31.3 19.5 16.5 19.8   15.4 14.3   15.3  
MP3=FULL       dnf              
STO-3G 3-21G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD                 18.6    
Coupled Cluster CCD                 17.6    
CCSD(T)   28.9 18.2 16.2     dnf     dnf  
STO-3G 3-21G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ

Energies in kJ mol-1
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       12.0 18.2       9.8
density functional B3LYP       14.7 dnf       11.7
B3LYPultrafine         21.8        
PBEPBE                 13.4
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2       16.5 19.5       14.9

Energies in kJ mol-1
Counterpoise corrected calculations (select basis sets)
3-21G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311+G(3df,2pd) aug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF_cp 0.2 7.6 16.5 6.7 6.7
HF_cp_opt 11.9 10.0 11.1 9.1 15.4
density functional B3LYP_cp -2.3 6.0 8.7 7.6 3.0
B3LYP_cp_opt 11.3 10.4 12.2 10.6 10.5
B3LYPultrafine_cp -2.3 6.0 8.6 7.6 2.8
B3LYPultrafine_cp_opt 11.1 10.6 12.2 10.5 10.5
PBEPBE_cp -2.0 6.9 9.8 8.3 8.5
PBEPBE_cp_opt 11.1 11.2 13.8 12.1 12.0
PBEPBEultrafine_cp -5.7 6.5 10.1 9.7 8.9
PBEPBEultrafine_cp_opt 11.3 11.2 14.0 12.2 12.1
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2_cp -7.9 5.7 9.1 9.5 10.9
MP2_cp_opt 7.8 10.3 12.4 13.0 13.6
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)_cp -8.9 5.1 8.8 dnf dnf
CCSD(T)_cp_opt dnf 9.6 11.8 dnf dnf
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.