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Comparison of experiment and theory for rBeCl

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Species with coordinate rBeCl
Species Name
BeCl2 Beryllium chloride
BeCl beryllium monochloride
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 0.073
PM3 2 0.053
PM6 2 0.038
composite G2 2 0.041
G3 2 0.041
G3B3 2 0.039
G3MP2 1 0.020
G4 2 0.039
CBS-Q 2 0.045

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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 2 0.026 2 0.074 2 0.052 2 0.075 2 0.041 2 0.041 2 0.040 2 0.039 2 0.039 2 0.041 1 0.011 2 0.052 2 0.048 2 0.108 2 0.038 1 0.062 2 0.041 2 0.038 1 0.016 2 0.041
ROHF   1 0.065 1 0.041   1 0.020 1 0.020 1 0.018 1 0.019         1 0.138 1 0.142            
density functional LSDA 2 0.020 1 0.039 2 0.034 2 0.053 2 0.028 2 0.028 2 0.027 2 0.023 2 0.023 2 0.026   1 0.043 2 0.033 2 0.025   2 0.032 1 0.035      
BLYP 2 0.034 2 0.072 2 0.054 2 0.077 2 0.027 2 0.048 2 0.047 2 0.043 2 0.043 2 0.046   1 0.068 2 0.053 1 0.059   1 0.031        
B1B95 2 0.025   2 0.042 2 0.063 2 0.034 2 0.034 2 0.033 2 0.031 2 0.031 2 0.034   1 0.051 2 0.040 1 0.045   2 0.038 1 0.045      
B3LYP 2 0.027 2 0.063 2 0.046 2 0.068 2 0.039 2 0.039 2 0.038 2 0.035 2 0.035 2 0.038 1 0.005 2 0.048 2 0.045 2 0.036 1 0.047 1 0.058 2 0.036 2 0.034 1 0.008  
B3LYPultrafine         2 0.039               1 0.059 1 0.050   1 0.058 2 0.037      
B3PW91 2 0.027 2 0.063 2 0.046 2 0.066 2 0.037 2 0.037 2 0.037 2 0.034 2 0.034 2 0.037   1 0.056 2 0.109 2 0.111   1 0.021        
mPW1PW91 2 0.025 2 0.061 2 0.044 2 0.064 2 0.035 2 0.035 2 0.035 2 0.032 2 0.032 2 0.035   1 0.053 1 0.056 1 0.047   2 0.041 1 0.047      
M06-2X 1 0.031 1 0.068 2 0.040 1 0.072 2 0.035 1 0.047 1 0.046 1 0.042 1 0.042 1 0.047 2 0.029 1 0.052 1 0.054 1 0.045   1 0.053 1 0.045      
PBEPBE 2 0.030 2 0.068 1 0.061 1 0.080 2 0.042 2 0.042 2 0.042 2 0.038 2 0.038 2 0.041 1 0.009 1 0.062 2 0.048 2 0.039   1 0.061 1 0.054      
PBEPBEultrafine         2 0.042               1 0.063 1 0.054   1 0.061 1 0.054      
PBE1PBE 1 0.034   1 0.053 1 0.072 2 0.035 1 0.048 1 0.047 1 0.044 1 0.044 1 0.047   1 0.053 1 0.055 1 0.046   1 0.054 1 0.047      
HSEh1PBE 1 0.035 2 0.062 1 0.053 1 0.072 2 0.035 1 0.048 2 0.035 1 0.044 1 0.044 1 0.047   1 0.053 1 0.055 2 0.033   1 0.054 1 0.047      
TPSSh         2 0.022   2 0.021     2 0.021       2 0.019            
wB97X-D     2 0.032   2 0.024   2 0.023   2 0.021     2 0.031 2 0.023 2 0.021     2 0.022      
B97D3   2 0.050     2 0.031   2 0.030   2 0.027   2 0.023 2 0.060   2 0.027     2 0.049     2 0.049
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 2 0.027 2 0.078 2 0.048 2 0.082 2 0.014 2 0.029 2 0.029 2 0.015 2 0.030 2 0.037   2 0.049 2 0.046 2 0.040 2 0.035 2 0.053 2 0.041 2 0.036 1 0.013  
MP2=FULL 2 0.027 2 0.077 1 0.058 1 0.091 2 0.026 2 0.026 2 0.026 2 0.028 2 0.028 1 0.040   1 0.058 1 0.058 1 0.044 2 0.028 2 0.050 1 0.048 1 0.039 1 0.000  
MP3         2 0.028   2 0.014                          
MP3=FULL         2 0.012   2 0.011                          
MP4   1 0.090     2 0.030     1 0.007 1 0.044     1 0.063 1 0.063 2 0.041   1 0.070 1 0.058      
MP4=FULL   1 0.090     1 0.039       1 0.042       1 0.061 1 0.045   1 0.067 1 0.050      
B2PLYP         1 0.010   1 0.009   1 0.009         1 0.012            
B2PLYP=FULL   1 0.052     1 0.016   1 0.014                          
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         2 0.033               2 0.043 2 0.034     2 0.035      
Configuration interaction CID   1 0.086 1 0.058 1 0.090 2 0.029     2 0.030                        
CISD   1 0.087 1 0.059 1 0.092 2 0.030     1 0.043                        
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   2 0.081 1 0.061 1 0.095 2 0.030 1 0.043 2 0.030 2 0.031 2 0.031 1 0.052   1 0.062 2 0.047 2 0.040   1 0.069 1 0.056      
QCISD(T)         2 0.031     1 0.008       1 0.064 1 0.064 1 0.056   1 0.071 1 0.058      
Coupled Cluster CCD   1 0.088 1 0.059 1 0.093 2 0.029 1 0.041 1 0.041 2 0.030 1 0.042 1 0.051   1 0.061 1 0.061 1 0.054   1 0.068 1 0.055      
CCSD         2 0.030     1 0.006       1 0.062 1 0.062 1 0.055   1 0.068 1 0.056      
CCSD=FULL         1 0.038             1 0.060 1 0.060 1 0.044   1 0.065 1 0.048      
CCSD(T)         2 0.030 1 0.004   1 0.008     1 0.010 1 0.064 2 0.048 2 0.041   2 0.056 2 0.043      
CCSD(T)=FULL         2 0.028             1 0.062 2 0.046 2 0.032   2 0.052 2 0.036      
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z 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 0.077 2 0.047 2 0.076 2 0.043 2 0.082 2 0.078     2 0.027
density functional B1B95 1 0.074 1 0.028              
B3LYP 2 0.084 2 0.054 2 0.080 2 0.049 2 0.078 2 0.068     2 0.022
PBEPBE                 2 0.024
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 2 0.091 2 0.042 2 0.082 2 0.038 2 0.083 2 0.080     2 0.027
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.