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Comparison of experiment and theory for rCuCu

18 10 23 14 56
Species with coordinate rCuCu
Species Name
Cu2 Copper diatomic
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 0.045
composite G2 1 0.068

rms differences (calculated - experiment) in Å
Methods with standard basis sets
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 0.241 1 0.241 1 0.064 1 0.068 1 0.068 1 0.208 1 0.154 1 0.154 1 0.082   1 0.216       1 0.227
density functional BLYP 1 0.062 1 0.062 1 0.196 1 0.141 1 0.203 1 0.046     1 0.210            
B3LYP 1 0.083 1 0.083 1 0.191 1 0.196 1 0.196 1 0.052 1 0.000 1 0.001 1 0.203   1 0.054        
B3LYPultrafine                           1 0.011  
B3PW91 1 0.103 1 0.103 1 0.195 1 0.199 1 0.199 1 0.036 1 0.008 1 0.008 1 0.205            
mPW1PW91 1 0.113 1 0.113 1 0.192     1 0.039                  
M06-2X   1 0.324   1 0.143           1 0.174          
PBEPBE 1 0.075 1 0.075 1 0.205 1 0.211 1 0.211 1 0.023 1 0.007 1 0.007 1 0.216            
PBE1PBE       1 0.196                      
HSEh1PBE 1 0.337     1 0.198   1 0.037             1 0.045    
TPSSh       1 0.145   1 0.006     1 0.158       1 0.010    
wB97X-D   1 0.158   1 0.132   1 0.021   1 0.010     1 0.022 1 0.021 1 0.024 1 0.024  
B97D3 1 0.143     1 0.130   1 0.022   1 0.007   1 0.023 1 0.047   1 0.023 1 0.051 1 0.048
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 0.162 1 0.133 1 0.191 1 0.031 1 0.004 1 0.007 1 0.204   1 0.079        
MP2=FULL     1 0.166 1 0.203 1 0.203 1 0.008 1 0.001 1 0.001 1 0.236            
MP3           1 0.092                  
MP3=FULL       1 0.093   1 0.035                  
MP4 1 0.073     1 0.212                      
B2PLYP       1 0.197                 1 0.021    
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine       1 0.200               1 0.049 1 0.038 1 0.033  
Configuration interaction CID     1 0.123 1 0.146     1 0.057 1 0.057              
CISD 1 0.507 1 0.507   1 0.152     1 0.053 1 0.053              
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 0.026 1 0.026              
Coupled Cluster CCD           1 0.071 1 0.057 1 0.057 1 0.170            
CCSD(T)             1 0.047 1 0.043              
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 0.193   1 0.193   1 0.200 1 0.151     1 0.085
density functional B3LYP 1 0.046   1 0.046   1 0.040 1 0.025     1 0.033
PBEPBE                 1 0.022
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1 0.067   1 0.067   1 0.110 1 0.016     1 0.018
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.