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Comparison of experiment and theory for dOCCO

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Species with coordinate dOCCO
Species Name
C3H8O2 Propylene glycol
HOCH2COOH Hydroxyacetic acid
C2H6O2 1,2-Ethanediol
C3H6O2 1,3-Dioxolane
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 51.51 49.41 49.41 50.61 51.31 51.31   51.31 51.51 51.51 52.01 6.61 51.41 51.91 51.91 52.01 52.01
density functional BLYP 48.41 48.61 48.61 50.11 51.31 50.81 51.51 50.61 50.91 50.81     49.91 51.31 51.71    
B1B95 48.51 48.01 48.01 49.71 50.31 50.41 51.01 50.31 50.61 50.41     50.31 50.91 51.11    
B3LYP 48.51 48.61 48.61 50.21 50.71 50.81 51.41 50.71   50.91 51.61 6.41 50.11 51.41   51.61  
B3LYPultrafine         50.71                     51.91  
B3PW91   48.41 48.41 50.01 50.61 50.71 51.31 50.71   50.81     50.01 51.31 50.71    
mPW1PW91   48.31   49.91 50.51 50.61 51.21 50.61 50.81 50.81     50.01   50.71    
M06-2X     48.41   6.11                        
PBEPBE   48.11     50.31 50.51 51.21 50.41 50.61 50.51     49.71 51.01      
PBEPBEultrafine         50.31                        
PBE1PBE         6.21                        
HSEh1PBE   5.21     6.31   6.31             6.31      
TPSSh         50.71   51.31     50.21       51.21      
wB97X-D     49.21   50.71   51.31   50.91     51.41 51.31 51.31   51.51  
B97D3   49.61     51.11   51.81   51.31   51.91 51.71   51.61   51.81  
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   48.71 48.71 50.21 50.41 50.61 51.41 50.51 53.21     6.11 50.01        
MP2=FULL         50.41 50.51 51.01                    
MP3         50.61   50.91                    
MP3=FULL         50.81   51.41                    
B2PLYP         6.31                 51.21      
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         50.91                        
Configuration interaction CID         50.81                        
CISD         50.81                        
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
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   48.81                              
Coupled Cluster CCD         50.71                        
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

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 51.11 51.61 50.91 51.61 51.11 51.11     51.91
density functional B1B95 50.41 51.01              
B3LYP 49.81 53.61 50.41 51.01 45.31 49.81     51.61
PBEPBE                 51.31
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 50.21   50.21 50.71 49.91 49.91     51.11
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.