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Comparison of experiment and theory for rAlF

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Species with coordinate rAlF
Species Name
AlF3 Aluminum trifluoride
AlF Aluminum monofluoride
The small prefix is the number of bonds with completed calculations.
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rms differences (calculated - experiment) in Å
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical AM1 2 0.077
PM3 2 0.067
PM6 2 0.011
composite G2 2 0.006
G3 2 0.006
G3B3 2 0.012
G3MP2 1 0.006
G4 2 0.002
CBS-Q 2 0.009

rms differences (calculated - experiment) 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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 2 0.035 2 0.005 2 0.015 2 0.045 2 0.008 2 0.008 2 0.009 2 0.008 2 0.008 2 0.014 2 0.011 1 0.015 2 0.008 2 0.032 2 0.007 2 0.015 2 0.012 2 0.009 2 0.015 1 0.001 2 0.017 1 0.010 2 0.031 2 0.014 1 0.017 2 0.010
density functional LSDA 2 0.009 2 0.023 2 0.007 2 0.061 2 0.005 2 0.005 2 0.025 2 0.021 2 0.021 2 0.006 1 0.001 1 0.001 1 0.011 2 0.042 2 0.014 1 0.002 2 0.033 1 0.004 1 0.003 1 0.008 1 0.006 1 0.008 1 0.035 1 0.002    
BLYP 2 0.006 2 0.042 2 0.012 2 0.082 2 0.025 2 0.027 2 0.051 2 0.045 2 0.045 2 0.016 2 0.036 1 0.026 2 0.048 2 0.062 2 0.040 1 0.024 2 0.059 2 0.041 1 0.024 1 0.031 1 0.020 1 0.040 1 0.056 1 0.023 1 0.068 1 0.048
B1B95 2 0.012 1 0.005 2 0.004 2 0.058 2 0.008 2 0.008 2 0.026 2 0.022 2 0.022 2 0.002 2 0.013 1 0.003 2 0.024 2 0.043 2 0.017 1 0.000 2 0.033 1 0.022 1 0.000 1 0.013 1 0.002 1 0.013 1 0.037 1 0.001 1 0.042 1 0.021
B3LYP 2 0.009 2 0.025 2 0.002 2 0.065 2 0.012 2 0.012 2 0.033 2 0.029 2 0.029 2 0.004 2 0.018 1 0.009 2 0.030 2 0.048 2 0.023 2 0.014 2 0.040 2 0.022 2 0.015 1 0.017 2 0.011 1 0.020 2 0.047 1 0.006 1 0.048 1 0.029
B3LYPultrafine 1 0.001 2 0.025 1 0.001 1 0.054 2 0.012 2 0.012 2 0.033 2 0.029 1 0.021 2 0.004 2 0.019 1 0.009 2 0.030 2 0.048 2 0.023 1 0.007 2 0.040 2 0.023 1 0.007 1 0.017 1 0.003 1 0.020 1 0.042 1 0.006 1 0.048 1 0.029
B3PW91 2 0.010 2 0.027 2 0.002 2 0.066 2 0.012 2 0.012 2 0.030 2 0.027 2 0.027 2 0.004 2 0.016 1 0.007 2 0.027 2 0.049 2 0.020 1 0.005 2 0.037 2 0.019 1 0.005 1 0.018 1 0.002 1 0.016 1 0.043 1 0.005 1 0.045 1 0.025
mPW1PW91 2 0.013 2 0.023 2 0.003 2 0.062 2 0.008 2 0.008 2 0.027 2 0.024 2 0.024 2 0.003 2 0.013 1 0.004 2 0.023 2 0.046 2 0.017 1 0.001 2 0.033 2 0.016 1 0.001 1 0.015 1 0.002 1 0.012 1 0.040 1 0.001 1 0.041 1 0.021
M06-2X 2 0.019 2 0.012 2 0.011 2 0.054 2 0.003 2 0.003 2 0.020 2 0.018 2 0.018 2 0.004 2 0.008 1 0.002 2 0.018 2 0.041 2 0.011 1 0.004 2 0.026 2 0.011 1 0.004 1 0.010 1 0.007 1 0.008 1 0.033 1 0.004 1 0.033 1 0.015
PBEPBE 2 0.004 2 0.040 1 0.011 1 0.091 2 0.021 2 0.021 2 0.042 2 0.037 2 0.041 2 0.016 2 0.030 1 0.022 2 0.043 2 0.062 2 0.032 1 0.020 1 0.064 2 0.035 1 0.020 1 0.031 2 0.022 1 0.033 1 0.055 1 0.019 1 0.063 1 0.042
PBEPBEultrafine 1 0.015 2 0.042 1 0.013 1 0.069 2 0.021 2 0.024 2 0.046 2 0.041 1 0.034 2 0.016 2 0.031 1 0.022 2 0.043 2 0.062 2 0.035 1 0.020 2 0.054 2 0.035 1 0.020 1 0.031 1 0.016 1 0.033 1 0.055 1 0.019 1 0.063 1 0.042
PBE1PBE 2 0.012 1 0.004 2 0.003 2 0.063 2 0.008 2 0.008 2 0.027 2 0.024 2 0.024 2 0.002 2 0.013 1 0.004 2 0.024 2 0.047 2 0.017 1 0.002 2 0.034 2 0.016 1 0.002 1 0.016 1 0.002 1 0.012 1 0.040 1 0.001 1 0.041 1 0.021
HSEh1PBE 2 0.012 2 0.023 2 0.003 2 0.063 2 0.009 2 0.009 2 0.027 2 0.024 2 0.024 2 0.002 2 0.013 1 0.004 2 0.024 2 0.046 2 0.017 1 0.002 2 0.034 2 0.017 1 0.002 1 0.015 1 0.001 1 0.013 1 0.040 1 0.002 1 0.042 1 0.022
TPSSh 1 0.009 1 0.037 1 0.003 1 0.079 2 0.015 1 0.017 2 0.032 1 0.035 1 0.035 2 0.008 1 0.025   1 0.038 1 0.056 2 0.023 1 0.018 1 0.049 1 0.029 1 0.019     1 0.020     1 0.049 1 0.028
wB97X-D 1 0.017 1 0.027 2 0.003 1 0.070 2 0.009 1 0.010 2 0.027 1 0.029 2 0.023 1 0.003 1 0.018   2 0.023 2 0.036 2 0.017 1 0.011 1 0.041 2 0.016 1 0.012     1 0.013     1 0.041 1 0.021
B97D3 1 0.005 2 0.041 1 0.014 1 0.092 2 0.024 1 0.028 2 0.043 1 0.048 2 0.039 1 0.019 2 0.030   2 0.042 1 0.067 2 0.033 1 0.031 1 0.063 2 0.035 1 0.032     1 0.033     1 0.063 2 0.035
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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 2 0.030 2 0.019 2 0.004 2 0.068 2 0.015 2 0.015 2 0.036 2 0.022 2 0.023 2 0.006 2 0.020 1 0.013 2 0.029 2 0.053 2 0.021 2 0.014 2 0.044 2 0.024 2 0.015 1 0.025 2 0.011 1 0.021 2 0.051 2 0.014 1 0.052 1 0.029
MP2=FULL 2 0.028 2 0.020 2 0.004 2 0.069 2 0.015 2 0.016 2 0.037 2 0.023 2 0.023 2 0.004 2 0.018 1 0.009 2 0.029 2 0.053 2 0.020 2 0.004 2 0.044 2 0.018 2 0.009 1 0.024 2 0.008 1 0.017 2 0.051 2 0.010 1 0.049 1 0.018
MP3 1 0.013 1 0.009 1 0.003 1 0.051 2 0.008 1 0.007 2 0.013 1 0.010 1 0.010 1 0.002 1 0.001 1 0.001 1 0.009 1 0.041 1 0.005 1 0.003 1 0.024 1 0.004 1 0.003 1 0.017 1 0.005 1 0.007 1 0.039 1 0.003    
MP3=FULL         2 0.007   2 0.018                             1 0.003        
MP4 1 0.009 1 0.016 1 0.004 1 0.060 2 0.017 1 0.015 1 0.030 2 0.025 1 0.020 1 0.008 1 0.015 1 0.015 1 0.022 1 0.052 2 0.023 1 0.010 1 0.037 1 0.018 1 0.011 1 0.027 1 0.007 1 0.024 1 0.050 1 0.009    
MP4=FULL 1 0.008 1 0.017 1 0.004 1 0.061 1 0.016 1 0.016 1 0.028 1 0.019 1 0.019 1 0.004 1 0.010 1 0.010 1 0.022 1 0.052 1 0.015 1 0.006 1 0.037 1 0.011 1 0.007 1 0.027 1 0.002 1 0.020 1 0.050 1 0.004    
B2PLYP 1 0.022 1 0.026 1 0.005 1 0.074 2 0.011 1 0.012 1 0.041 1 0.030 1 0.030 1 0.005 1 0.023   1 0.035 1 0.052 1 0.025   1 0.048 1 0.027       1 0.019     1 0.048 1 0.027
B2PLYP=FULL 1 0.022 1 0.026 1 0.005 1 0.074 1 0.013 1 0.013 1 0.041 1 0.030 1 0.030 1 0.004 1 0.023   1 0.035 1 0.053 1 0.025   1 0.047 1 0.025       1 0.018     1 0.047 1 0.024
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine 1 0.022 1 0.026 1 0.005 1 0.074 2 0.011 1 0.013 1 0.041 1 0.030 1 0.030 1 0.004 1 0.023   1 0.035 2 0.049 2 0.020   1 0.047 2 0.019       1 0.018     1 0.047 1 0.024
Configuration interaction CID 1 0.013 2 0.014 2 0.008 2 0.061 2 0.006 1 0.003 1 0.013 2 0.014 1 0.006 1 0.007 2 0.008 1 0.005 1 0.005 2 0.043 2 0.009 1 0.009 1 0.018 1 0.002 1 0.009 1 0.012 1 0.011 1 0.006 1 0.035 1 0.008 1 0.038 1 0.014
CISD 1 0.011 2 0.016 2 0.006 2 0.062 2 0.008 1 0.004 1 0.013 2 0.015 1 0.007 1 0.007 2 0.009 1 0.004 1 0.006 2 0.044 2 0.010 1 0.008 1 0.018 1 0.001 1 0.008 1 0.013 1 0.010 1 0.007 1 0.036 1 0.008 1 0.040 1 0.015
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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD 1 0.008 2 0.020 2 0.003 2 0.069 2 0.011 1 0.016 1 0.042 2 0.021 2 0.021 2 0.004 2 0.015 1 0.007 2 0.025 2 0.051 2 0.011 1 0.002 2 0.040 2 0.017 1 0.002 1 0.022 2 0.006 1 0.015 1 0.045 1 0.002 1 0.048 1 0.022
QCISD(T) 1 0.007 1 0.015 1 0.002 1 0.058 2 0.015 1 0.013 1 0.025 2 0.022 1 0.017 1 0.005 2 0.018 1 0.010 2 0.027 2 0.053 2 0.019 1 0.006 2 0.042 2 0.021 1 0.006 1 0.024 1 0.003 1 0.018 1 0.047 1 0.005 1 0.050 1 0.026
QCISD(T)=FULL         1 0.017   1 0.042       1 0.021     1 0.057 1 0.022 1 0.001 1 0.049 1 0.020 1 0.014     1 0.014     1 0.048 1 0.015
QCISD(TQ) 1 0.008       1 0.012       1 0.016 1 0.003 1 0.008 1 0.008     1 0.011   1 0.031 1 0.012   1 0.023 1 0.001   1 0.046 1 0.004    
Coupled Cluster CCD 1 0.012 2 0.016 2 0.006 2 0.064 2 0.008 2 0.011 2 0.030 2 0.017 2 0.018 2 0.001 2 0.011 1 0.004 2 0.021 2 0.047 2 0.013 1 0.000 2 0.035 2 0.014 1 0.000 1 0.019 1 0.003 1 0.011 2 0.045 2 0.006 1 0.043 1 0.018
CCSD 1 0.010 1 0.012 1 0.000 1 0.055 2 0.009 2 0.012 2 0.031 2 0.020 2 0.020 2 0.003 2 0.013 1 0.006 2 0.023 2 0.050 2 0.014 2 0.006 2 0.037 2 0.016 2 0.007 1 0.021 1 0.001 1 0.012 1 0.044 1 0.001 1 0.045 1 0.020
CCSD=FULL 1 0.009 1 0.013 1 0.000 1 0.056 2 0.013 1 0.011 1 0.021 1 0.013 1 0.013 2 0.002 2 0.011 1 0.002 2 0.023 2 0.050 2 0.013 2 0.010 2 0.037 2 0.010 2 0.017 1 0.020 1 0.005 1 0.008 1 0.043 1 0.003 1 0.042 1 0.010
CCSD(T) 1 0.008 2 0.021 1 0.002 1 0.057 2 0.014 2 0.014 2 0.034 2 0.022 2 0.022 2 0.006 2 0.017 1 0.010 2 0.026 2 0.052 2 0.018 2 0.010 2 0.041 2 0.020 2 0.011 1 0.024 2 0.007 1 0.017 2 0.050 2 0.010 1 0.049 1 0.025
CCSD(T)=FULL 1 0.007 1 0.015 1 0.002 1 0.058 2 0.015 1 0.013 1 0.023 1 0.016 1 0.016 1 0.000 2 0.014 1 0.006 2 0.026 2 0.053 2 0.016 2 0.007 2 0.041 2 0.014 1 0.015 1 0.023 1 0.002 1 0.013 2 0.051 2 0.007 1 0.047 1 0.014
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) 6-311+G(3df,2pd) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(D+d)Z cc-pV(T+d)Z aug-cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ

rms differences (calculated - experiment) 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 2 0.078 2 0.014 2 0.065 2 0.010 2 0.057 2 0.052     2 0.014
density functional LSDA 1 0.079 1 0.033 1 0.078 1 0.033 1 0.064 1 0.049      
BLYP 1 0.080 1 0.034 1 0.080 1 0.034 1 0.071 1 0.073     1 0.035
B1B95 2 0.083 2 0.028 1 0.061 1 0.016 1 0.054 1 0.051     1 0.010
B3LYP 2 0.091 2 0.031 2 0.086 2 0.030 2 0.072 2 0.069     2 0.012
B3LYPultrafine 1 0.068 1 0.022 1 0.066 1 0.021 1 0.058 1 0.057     1 0.017
B3PW91 1 0.067 1 0.021 1 0.066 1 0.020 1 0.058 1 0.056     1 0.013
mPW1PW91 1 0.064 1 0.018 1 0.062 1 0.017 1 0.056 1 0.053     1 0.009
M06-2X 1 0.053 1 0.010 1 0.050 1 0.008 1 0.052 1 0.044     1 0.004
PBEPBE 1 0.080 1 0.033 1 0.079 1 0.032 1 0.072 1 0.071     2 0.023
PBEPBEultrafine 1 0.080 1 0.033 1 0.079 1 0.032 1 0.072 1 0.071     1 0.030
PBE1PBE 1 0.065 1 0.019 1 0.063 1 0.017 1 0.057 1 0.054     1 0.009
HSEh1PBE 1 0.065 1 0.020 1 0.063 1 0.018 1 0.057 1 0.054     1 0.010
TPSSh                 1 0.017
wB97X-D 1 0.106 1 0.034 1 0.098 1 0.034 1 0.080 1 0.073     1 0.010
B97D3                 1 0.029
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 2 0.108 2 0.041 2 0.097 2 0.038 2 0.084 2 0.080     2 0.011
MP2=FULL 1 0.082 1 0.033 1 0.076 1 0.029 1 0.070 1 0.069     1 0.012
MP3 1 0.075 1 0.023 1 0.067 1 0.019 1 0.062 1 0.060      
MP4 1 0.085 1 0.033 1 0.080 1 0.030 1 0.072 1 0.070      
MP4=FULL 1 0.085 1 0.033 1 0.080 1 0.030 1 0.072 1 0.071      
B2PLYP                 1 0.014
B2PLYP=FULL                 1 0.013
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine                 1 0.013
Configuration interaction CID 1 0.070 1 0.018 1 0.063 1 0.013 1 0.058 1 0.056     1 0.000
CISD 1 0.071 1 0.018 1 0.064 1 0.014 1 0.059 1 0.057     1 0.002
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD 1 0.081 1 0.029 1 0.075 1 0.025 1 0.069 1 0.066     1 0.008
QCISD(T) 1 0.082 1 0.030 1 0.076 1 0.026 1 0.069 1 0.066     1 0.011
QCISD(T)=FULL                 1 0.009
QCISD(TQ) 1 0.080 1 0.028 1 0.074 1 0.024 1 0.068 1 0.065      
Coupled Cluster CCD 1 0.077 1 0.026 1 0.070 1 0.021 1 0.065 1 0.062     1 0.005
CCSD 1 0.079 1 0.027 1 0.072 1 0.023 1 0.067 1 0.064     1 0.006
CCSD=FULL 1 0.079 1 0.027 1 0.072 1 0.023 1 0.067 1 0.065     1 0.004
CCSD(T) 1 0.081 1 0.029 1 0.075 1 0.026 1 0.068 1 0.066     1 0.010
CCSD(T)=FULL 1 0.081 1 0.029 1 0.075 1 0.026 1 0.068 1 0.067     1 0.008
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.