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Comparison of experiment and theory for rCuCl

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Species with coordinate rCuCl
Species Name
CuCl Copper 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 PM6 1 0.006

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 aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF   1 0.038 1 0.091 1 0.121 1 0.058 1 0.058 1 0.124 1 0.132 1 0.132 1 0.023 1 0.126 1 0.137       1 0.129
density functional LSDA 1 0.027 1 0.275 1 0.211 1 0.040 1 0.105 1 0.105 1 0.031 1 0.044 1 0.044 1 0.149            
BLYP     1 0.273 1 0.025 1 0.032 1 0.040 1 0.044 1 0.031 1 0.031 1 0.091            
B1B95     1 0.152 1 0.009 1 0.052 1 0.053   1 0.014 1 0.014 1 0.095            
B3LYP 1 0.130 1 0.008 1 0.138 1 0.020 1 0.042 1 0.042 1 0.042 1 0.026 1 0.026 1 0.085   1 0.056        
B3LYPultrafine                             1 0.045  
B3PW91   1 0.012 1 0.148 1 0.014 1 0.050 1 0.050 1 0.027 1 0.016 1 0.016 1 0.093            
mPW1PW91 1 0.390 1 0.012 1 0.148 1 0.013 1 0.049 1 0.049 1 0.028 1 0.016 1 0.016 1 0.091            
M06-2X     1 0.117   1 0.008           1 0.087          
PBEPBE   1 0.320 1 0.263 1 0.009 1 0.058 1 0.058 1 0.019 1 0.008 1 0.008 1 0.107 1 0.013          
PBEPBEultrafine         1 0.058                      
PBE1PBE         1 0.052                      
HSEh1PBE   1 0.013     1 0.053   1 0.025             1 0.020    
TPSSh         1 0.039   1 0.017     1 0.082       1 0.013    
wB97X-D     1 0.098   1 0.038   1 0.022   1 0.014     1 0.031 1 0.022 1 0.019 1 0.020  
B97D3   1 0.002     1 0.028   1 0.028   1 0.020   1 0.021 1 0.053   1 0.021 1 0.034 1 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) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2   1 0.041 1 0.111 1 0.037 1 0.053 1 0.066 1 0.004 1 0.005 1 0.008 1 0.098   1 0.048        
MP2=FULL   1 0.046 1 0.109 1 0.041 1 0.069 1 0.069 1 0.002 1 0.002 1 0.002 1 0.114            
MP3             1 0.015                  
MP3=FULL         1 0.011   1 0.049                  
MP4   1 0.074     1 0.070                      
B2PLYP         1 0.048                 1 0.017    
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         1 0.049               1 0.032 1 0.021 1 0.022  
Configuration interaction CID   1 0.074 1 0.085 1 0.072 1 0.020     1 0.061 1 0.061              
CISD   1 0.080 1 0.083 1 0.065 1 0.023     1 0.059 1 0.059              
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-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   1 0.129 1 0.018 1 0.276 1 0.132 1 0.132   1 0.046 1 0.046 1 0.018            
QCISD(T)       1 0.149 1 0.188 1 0.188 1 0.016 1 0.028 1 0.028 1 0.159            
Coupled Cluster CCD   1 0.118 1 0.037 1 0.066 1 0.034 1 0.034 1 0.040 1 0.049 1 0.049 1 0.056            
CCSD       1 0.067 1 0.029 1 0.029 1 0.037 1 0.047 1 0.047 1 0.056            
CCSD(T)       1 0.067 1 0.037 1 0.037 1 0.031 1 0.040 1 0.040 1 0.068            
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-pVTZ 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 1 0.151   1 0.152   1 0.157 1 0.132     1 0.086
density functional B1B95 1 0.079                
B3LYP 1 0.087   1 0.087   1 0.101 1 0.071     1 0.028
PBEPBE                 1 0.010
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1 0.081   1 0.080   1 0.121 1 0.060     1 0.004
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.