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Calculated Energies of Hydrogen Bonds (0K)

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Dimer H Donor H Acceptor comment
HCOOHH2O Formic acid water dimer HCOOH Formic acid H2O Water

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Energies in kJ mol-1
Methods with predefined basis sets

Energies in kJ mol-1
Methods with standard basis sets
3-21G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 103.1 35.2 28.5     43.2 23.3 -261.5 22.3 42.3
density functional B3LYP 135.2 72.5 53.5   67.3   29.8 54.4 44.6  
B3LYPultrafine 135.2 73.5 53.6           44.6  
M06-2X   dnf       dnf        
PBEPBE 155.9 80.9 59.0       35.6   49.2  
PBEPBEultrafine 155.9 61.0 58.2           49.2  
B97D3                   dnf
3-21G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 114.8 48.3 36.4 72.9     34.1 55.0 35.9  
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)   68.3 55.6       dnf   dnf  
3-21G 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP 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                 44.2
density functional B3LYP                 49.0
PBEPBE                 54.9
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2                 53.6

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 53.3 25.1 22.7 19.1 18.7
HF_cp_opt 72.1 26.4 26.0 21.9 21.9
density functional B3LYP_cp 61.8 55.7 48.4 24.9 42.4
B3LYP_cp_opt 79.2 56.5 50.1 28.2 44.2
B3LYPultrafine_cp 61.8 54.8 47.5   42.4
B3LYPultrafine_cp_opt 77.8 57.5 50.2   44.1
PBEPBE_cp 73.9 60.6 52.3 30.9 46.1
PBEPBE_cp_opt 88.1 62.2 55.1 33.6 48.7
PBEPBEultrafine_cp 63.9 39.7 51.5   47.8
PBEPBEultrafine_cp_opt 88.1 42.3 54.1   49.5
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2_cp 45.1 27.3 24.0 25.9 56.5
MP2_cp_opt 66.2 31.2 28.2 -204.7 dnf
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)_cp   49.7 43.0 dnf dnf
CCSD(T)_cp_opt dnf dnf dnf 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.