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Comparison of experiment and theory for dCCSC

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Species with coordinate dCCSC
Species Name
CH3SCH2CH3 Ethane, (methylthio)-
The small subscript is the number of angles with completed calculations.
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rms differences (calculated - experiment) in degrees
Methods with predefined basis sets

rms differences (calculated - experiment) in degrees
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 69.21 70.91 70.21 70.01 69.51 69.51 69.41 69.51 69.51 69.61 69.61 69.71 69.51 69.61 69.51 69.61 69.61
density functional LSDA 69.91 71.81 71.01 70.81 70.51 70.41 70.31 70.31 70.31 70.51     70.31 70.51 70.31    
BLYP 69.61 71.41 70.61 70.31 69.91 69.81 69.61 69.71 69.71 69.81     69.71 69.81 69.71    
B1B95             69.91                    
B3LYP 69.51 71.31 70.51 70.31 69.81 69.81 69.71 69.71   69.81 69.81 68.61 69.71 69.81 69.71 69.81  
B3LYPultrafine                               69.71  
B3PW91   71.41 70.71 70.41 70.01 69.91 69.81 69.91   70.01     69.81 70.01 69.91    
mPW1PW91   71.41   70.41 70.01 70.01 69.91 69.91 69.91 70.01     69.81 70.11 69.91    
M06-2X     70.91   70.41                        
PBEPBE   71.61     70.11 70.01 69.91 70.01 69.91 70.11     69.91 70.11   70.01  
PBEPBEultrafine         70.01                        
PBE1PBE         70.01                        
HSEh1PBE   69.51     67.01   69.51             69.61      
TPSSh         69.71   69.61     70.11       69.61      
wB97X-D     69.11   69.11   69.01   69.01     69.01 69.01 69.11   69.11  
B97D3   69.01     69.11   68.91   68.91   69.01 69.91   69.01   69.81  
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   71.01 70.41 70.21 70.31 69.81 69.61 70.41 70.01     69.21 70.01 70.41 70.11    
MP2=FULL   71.01     70.01 69.81 69.61 70.11         70.01        
MP3         69.81   69.51                    
MP3=FULL         69.51   69.41                    
B2PLYP         69.81                 69.51      
Configuration interaction CID         69.71                        
CISD         69.71                        
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
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD         69.81     69.91 69.81                
Coupled Cluster CCD         69.81                        
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

rms differences (calculated - experiment) in degrees
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 70.31 70.01 70.01 69.71 70.01 70.11     69.01
density functional B1B95 71.11 70.91              
B3LYP 70.81 70.41 70.41 70.01 70.31 70.51     69.01
PBEPBE                 69.21
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 70.61 70.31 70.51 70.21 70.21 70.51     69.51
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.