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Comparison of experiment and theory for rBF

18 10 23 14 56
Species with coordinate rBF
Species Name
BF3 Borane, trifluoro-
BHF2 Difluoroborane
BF Boron monofluoride
B2F4 Diboron tetrafluoride
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 1 0.114
PM3 1 0.035
PM6 3 0.014
composite G2 2 0.006
G3 3 0.006
G3B3 4 0.008
G4 2 0.001
CBS-Q 3 0.004

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-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 3 0.015 3 0.028 3 0.028 3 0.040 3 0.006 3 0.006 3 0.006 3 0.011 3 0.011 4 0.017 3 0.018 2 0.020 3 0.011 4 0.003 4 0.015 3 0.017 3 0.007 3 0.014 2 0.018 2 0.003 2 0.016 1 0.019 1 0.009 4 0.014
density functional LSDA 4 0.014 4 0.029 4 0.029 4 0.039 4 0.002 4 0.002 4 0.006 4 0.003 4 0.003 4 0.009 2 0.009 2 0.009 2 0.003 4 0.008 4 0.005 2 0.008 4 0.013 2 0.005 2 0.008 1 0.009 2 0.006 1 0.008    
BLYP 3 0.031 4 0.046 4 0.046 4 0.058 4 0.065 4 0.020 3 0.026 4 0.019 4 0.019 3 0.010 2 0.014 2 0.014 2 0.020 4 0.027 3 0.017 2 0.015 3 0.033 2 0.017 2 0.015 1 0.028 2 0.015 1 0.010 1 0.032 1 0.011
B1B95 4 0.014 4 0.033 4 0.033 4 0.044 4 0.005 4 0.006 4 0.009 4 0.004 4 0.004 4 0.005 2 0.006 2 0.006 2 0.003 4 0.013 4 0.003 2 0.005 4 0.016 2 0.004 2 0.005 1 0.012 2 0.004 1 0.004 1 0.019 1 0.004
B3LYP 2 0.021 3 0.033 3 0.033 3 0.042 3 0.009 3 0.009 2 0.014 3 0.008   3 0.003 2 0.004 2 0.006 2 0.009 3 0.015 2 0.007 1 0.006 2 0.021 2 0.008 1 0.007 1 0.016 2 0.006 1 0.002    
B3LYPultrafine 2 0.019 2 0.038 2 0.038 2 0.050 3 0.009 2 0.009 2 0.013 2 0.006 2 0.006 2 0.004 2 0.006 2 0.006 2 0.007 2 0.016 3 0.006 2 0.006 2 0.020 2 0.006 2 0.006 1 0.016 2 0.006 1 0.002    
B3PW91 1 0.004 4 0.037 4 0.037 3 0.049 4 0.008 3 0.008 3 0.012 4 0.005 1 0.001 3 0.002 2 0.005 2 0.005 2 0.006 4 0.015 3 0.004 2 0.005 3 0.021 2 0.005 2 0.005 1 0.015 2 0.004 1 0.002 1 0.022 1 0.001
mPW1PW91 1 0.001 4 0.034 1 0.043 4 0.044 3 0.006 3 0.006 4 0.008 4 0.003 3 0.004 4 0.005 2 0.006 2 0.006 2 0.003 4 0.013 3 0.003 2 0.005 4 0.017 2 0.004 2 0.005 1 0.013 2 0.004 1 0.005 1 0.020 1 0.004
M06-2X 2 0.013 2 0.034 4 0.031 2 0.047 3 0.005 2 0.006 2 0.008 2 0.004 2 0.004 2 0.004 2 0.006 2 0.006 2 0.003 2 0.013 2 0.004 2 0.006 2 0.017 2 0.004 2 0.006   1 0.006 1 0.005 1 0.017 1 0.004
PBEPBE 1 0.017 4 0.045 2 0.048 1 0.069 4 0.018 4 0.018 3 0.023 3 0.016 3 0.016 4 0.008 3 0.011 2 0.011 2 0.017 3 0.026 3 0.014 2 0.012 1 0.033 3 0.015 2 0.012 1 0.026 2 0.013 1 0.009 1 0.033 1 0.010
PBEPBEultrafine 2 0.030 2 0.048 2 0.048 2 0.061 3 0.017 2 0.019 2 0.023 2 0.016 2 0.016 2 0.009 2 0.011 2 0.011 2 0.017 2 0.027 2 0.014 2 0.012 2 0.032 2 0.015 2 0.012 1 0.026 2 0.013 1 0.009    
PBE1PBE 2 0.016 2 0.037 2 0.037 2 0.049 3 0.006 2 0.006 2 0.009 2 0.004 2 0.004 2 0.004 2 0.006 2 0.006 2 0.004 2 0.014 2 0.004 2 0.006 2 0.019 2 0.004 2 0.005 1 0.013 2 0.004 1 0.005 1 0.020 1 0.004
HSEh1PBE 2 0.016 4 0.035 2 0.038 2 0.049 3 0.006 2 0.006 4 0.009 2 0.004 2 0.004 2 0.004 2 0.006 2 0.006 2 0.004 2 0.014 4 0.003 2 0.006 2 0.019 2 0.004 2 0.005 1 0.013 2 0.005 1 0.004 1 0.020 1 0.004
TPSSh         2 0.013   2 0.016     2 0.006         2 0.009           1 0.002 1 0.004    
wB97X-D 1 0.002 1 0.047 4 0.070 1 0.061 4 0.062 1 0.008 4 0.063 1 0.002 4 0.061 1 0.004 1 0.006   4 0.061 4 0.063 4 0.061 1 0.006 1 0.024 4 0.061 1 0.006   1 0.003 1 0.003 1 0.023 1 0.001
B97D3   3 0.081     3 0.074   3 0.075   3 0.074   3 0.073   3 0.018   3 0.073     3 0.017     1 0.010 1 0.011    
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-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1 0.016 4 0.041 4 0.041 3 0.063 4 0.014 3 0.015 4 0.020 4 0.007 4 0.007 2 0.001 2 0.004 2 0.004 3 0.009 4 0.021 4 0.005 2 0.004 3 0.034 2 0.008 2 0.004 2 0.021 2 0.005 1 0.003 1 0.037 1 0.004
MP2=FULL 2 0.015 3 0.042 2 0.042 2 0.065 4 0.013 3 0.013 3 0.019 3 0.007 1 0.001 2 0.006 2 0.005 2 0.005 2 0.007 3 0.021 2 0.004 2 0.005 3 0.032 2 0.004 2 0.004 2 0.021 2 0.004 1 0.001 1 0.034 1 0.003
MP3 2 0.016 2 0.039 2 0.039 2 0.060 3 0.010 2 0.010 3 0.009 2 0.003 2 0.003 2 0.006 2 0.008 2 0.008 2 0.002 2 0.016 2 0.004 2 0.007 2 0.027 2 0.003 1 0.009 1 0.014 2 0.005 1 0.004    
MP3=FULL         3 0.007   3 0.010                           1 0.009 1 0.007    
MP4 2 0.016 2 0.049 2 0.049 2 0.072 4 0.017 2 0.019 2 0.025 2 0.010 2 0.010 2 0.004 2 0.004 2 0.004 2 0.012 2 0.027 3 0.008 2 0.005 2 0.041 2 0.011 2 0.006 1 0.023 2 0.007 1 0.010    
MP4=FULL 2 0.016 2 0.048 2 0.048 2 0.072 2 0.017 2 0.017 2 0.022 2 0.009 2 0.009 2 0.003 2 0.002 2 0.002 2 0.010 2 0.026 2 0.004 2 0.002 2 0.039 2 0.005 2 0.003 1 0.022 2 0.005 1 0.007    
B2PLYP 1 0.003 1 0.044 1 0.044 1 0.063 3 0.010 1 0.009 1 0.014 1 0.000 1 0.000 1 0.004 1 0.006 1 0.006 1 0.003 1 0.018 2 0.002 1 0.005 1 0.026 1 0.000 1 0.004   1 0.003 1 0.001 1 0.026 1 0.000
B2PLYP=FULL 1 0.003 1 0.044 1 0.044 1 0.063 1 0.008 1 0.008 1 0.013 1 0.000 1 0.000 1 0.005 1 0.007 1 0.007 1 0.003 1 0.018 1 0.003 1 0.006 1 0.026 1 0.002 1 0.005   1 0.004 1 0.001 1 0.025 1 0.002
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         2 0.010                               1 0.004 1 0.001    
Configuration interaction CID 2 0.014 2 0.039 2 0.039 2 0.059 4 0.006 2 0.008 2 0.011 3 0.005 2 0.003 2 0.009 2 0.011 2 0.011 2 0.002 2 0.014 2 0.006 2 0.010 2 0.024 2 0.005 1 0.011 1 0.010 2 0.007 1 0.006 1 0.029 1 0.005
CISD 2 0.014 2 0.041 2 0.041 2 0.061 4 0.008 2 0.009 2 0.012 2 0.002 2 0.002 2 0.008 2 0.010 2 0.010 2 0.001 2 0.016 2 0.005 2 0.009 2 0.025 2 0.004 1 0.009 1 0.011 2 0.006 1 0.004 1 0.031 1 0.003
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-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD 2 0.015 4 0.043 2 0.046 2 0.069 4 0.015 1 0.018 2 0.022 4 0.006 3 0.006 2 0.001 2 0.002 2 0.002 2 0.007 3 0.023 2 0.003 2 0.001 2 0.036 2 0.006 1 0.001 1 0.019 2 0.002 1 0.005 1 0.041 1 0.005
QCISD(T) 2 0.016 2 0.047 2 0.047 2 0.070 4 0.016 2 0.018 2 0.022 3 0.007 2 0.008 2 0.002 2 0.002 2 0.002 2 0.010 2 0.026 2 0.006 2 0.003 2 0.038 2 0.009 2 0.004 1 0.021 2 0.005 1 0.008 1 0.044 1 0.009
QCISD(T)=FULL                                         1 0.001 1 0.005    
QCISD(TQ) 2 0.016 2 0.045 2 0.045 2 0.068 2 0.016 2 0.016 2 0.021 2 0.007 2 0.007 2 0.001 2 0.002 2 0.002 2 0.008 2 0.024 2 0.004 1 0.001 2 0.036 2 0.007   1 0.020 1 0.005      
Coupled Cluster CCD 2 0.014 1 0.035 1 0.035 1 0.052 3 0.011 1 0.012 1 0.015 2 0.003 2 0.003 2 0.003 2 0.004 2 0.004 2 0.004 2 0.017 2 0.001 2 0.004 2 0.031 2 0.003 1 0.004 1 0.016 2 0.002 1 0.001    
CCSD 2 0.014 2 0.044 2 0.044 2 0.067 3 0.014 2 0.015 2 0.019 2 0.005 2 0.005 2 0.001 2 0.003 2 0.003 2 0.006 2 0.022 2 0.002 2 0.002 2 0.034 2 0.004 1 0.002 1 0.018 2 0.002 1 0.003 1 0.039 1 0.004
CCSD=FULL 2 0.014 2 0.044 2 0.044 2 0.067 2 0.013 2 0.013 2 0.017 2 0.004 2 0.004 2 0.007 2 0.006 2 0.006 2 0.004 2 0.022 2 0.003 2 0.005 2 0.032 2 0.003 1 0.007 1 0.017 2 0.002 1 0.000 1 0.036 1 0.004
CCSD(T) 2 0.015 2 0.047 2 0.047 2 0.069 4 0.015 4 0.015 2 0.022 3 0.007 2 0.008 2 0.002 2 0.002 2 0.002 2 0.009 2 0.025 2 0.005 2 0.002 2 0.037 2 0.008 2 0.003 2 0.024 2 0.004 1 0.007 1 0.043 1 0.008
CCSD(T)=FULL 2 0.015 2 0.046 2 0.046 2 0.069 2 0.015 2 0.015 2 0.019 2 0.007 2 0.007 2 0.005 2 0.003 2 0.003 2 0.007 2 0.024 2 0.002 2 0.002 2 0.035 2 0.002 2 0.002 2 0.023 2 0.002 1 0.004 1 0.040 1 0.000
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-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ aug-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 3 0.037 3 0.003 3 0.033 3 0.004 3 0.049 3 0.049     4 0.061
density functional LSDA 2 0.065 2 0.027 2 0.060 2 0.023 2 0.059 2 0.058      
BLYP 2 0.069 2 0.031 2 0.065 2 0.028 2 0.077 2 0.077     1 0.010
B1B95 4 0.046 4 0.013 2 0.046 2 0.010 2 0.062 2 0.062     1 0.004
B3LYP 2 0.044 2 0.017 2 0.043 2 0.016 2 0.048 2 0.048     3 0.071
B3LYPultrafine 2 0.057 2 0.020 2 0.053 2 0.016 2 0.064 2 0.064      
B3PW91 2 0.056 2 0.018 2 0.052 2 0.015 2 0.064 2 0.064     1 0.001
mPW1PW91 2 0.053 2 0.015 2 0.049 2 0.012 2 0.062 2 0.062     1 0.004
M06-2X 2 0.047 2 0.012 2 0.043 2 0.007 2 0.062 2 0.062     1 0.005
PBEPBE 2 0.067 2 0.029 2 0.063 2 0.025 2 0.076 2 0.076     4 0.063
PBEPBEultrafine 2 0.068 2 0.029 2 0.063 2 0.025 2 0.076 2 0.076      
PBE1PBE 2 0.054 2 0.016 2 0.050 2 0.012 2 0.062 2 0.062     1 0.004
HSEh1PBE 2 0.054 2 0.016 2 0.050 2 0.013 2 0.063 2 0.063     1 0.003
wB97X-D 1 0.065 1 0.018 1 0.059 1 0.012 1 0.080 1 0.080     1 0.001
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 3 0.070 4 0.019 3 0.065 3 0.018 3 0.079 3 0.079     4 0.062
MP2=FULL 2 0.073 2 0.021 2 0.068 2 0.017 2 0.084 2 0.083     1 0.001
MP3 2 0.067 2 0.015 2 0.061 2 0.011 2 0.078 2 0.078      
MP4 2 0.082 2 0.026 2 0.078 2 0.022 2 0.093 2 0.093      
MP4=FULL 2 0.082 2 0.026 2 0.078 2 0.022 2 0.093 2 0.092      
B2PLYP 1 0.075 1 0.023 1 0.070 1 0.017 1 0.087 1 0.087     1 0.001
B2PLYP=FULL 1 0.075 1 0.023 1 0.070 1 0.017 1 0.087 1 0.087     1 0.002
Configuration interaction CID 2 0.066 2 0.013 2 0.061 2 0.009 2 0.077 2 0.077     1 0.006
CISD 2 0.068 2 0.015 2 0.063 2 0.011 2 0.079 2 0.079     1 0.004
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD 2 0.078 2 0.023 2 0.074 2 0.019 2 0.090 2 0.089     1 0.004
QCISD(T) 2 0.079 2 0.023 2 0.075 2 0.020 2 0.090 2 0.090     1 0.007
QCISD(TQ) 2 0.076 2 0.021 2 0.071 2 0.018 2 0.087 2 0.087      
Coupled Cluster CCD 2 0.073 2 0.019 2 0.068 2 0.015 2 0.084 2 0.084      
CCSD 2 0.075 2 0.021 2 0.071 2 0.017 2 0.087 2 0.086     1 0.002
CCSD=FULL 2 0.075 2 0.021 2 0.071 2 0.017 2 0.086 2 0.086     1 0.001
CCSD(T) 2 0.078 2 0.023 2 0.073 2 0.019 2 0.089 2 0.089     1 0.006
CCSD(T)=FULL 2 0.078 2 0.023 2 0.073 2 0.019 2 0.089 2 0.088     1 0.002
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.