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Comparison of experiment and theory for rFCa

18 10 23 14 56
Species with coordinate rFCa
Species Name
CaF Calcium 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 PM6 1 0.002
composite G2 1 0.065
G3B3 1 0.057
G4 1 0.044

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
hartree fock HF 1 2.019 1 0.085 1 0.052 1 0.123   1 0.065 1 0.105 1 0.025 1 0.025 1 0.036   1 0.152    
density functional LSDA 1 0.206 1 0.112 1 0.047 1 0.133 1 0.042 1 0.042 1 0.090 1 0.055 1 0.055 1 0.005        
BLYP 1 0.239 1 0.172 1 0.089 1 0.180 1 0.313 1 0.085 1 0.139 1 0.011 1 0.011 1 0.040        
B1B95 1 0.223   1 0.062 1 0.143 1 0.063 1 0.063   1 0.019 1 0.019 1 0.022        
B3LYP     1 0.068 1 0.151 1 0.068 1 0.068 1 0.120 1 0.013 1 0.013 1 0.028   1 0.175    
B3PW91 1 0.230 1 0.123 1 0.065 1 0.145 1 0.065 1 0.065 1 0.113 1 0.018 1 0.018 1 0.023        
mPW1PW91 1 0.229 1 0.114 1 0.059 1 0.138 1 0.062 1 0.062 1 0.109 1 0.018 1 0.018 1 0.020        
M06-2X     1 0.062   1 0.064           1 0.005      
PBEPBE 1 0.233 1 0.157 1 0.080 1 0.170 1 0.077 1 0.077 1 0.128 1 0.022 1 0.022 1 0.030        
PBE1PBE         1 0.061                  
HSEh1PBE   1 0.116     1 0.062   1 0.109             1 0.024
TPSSh         1 0.313   1 0.313     1 0.313       1 0.313
wB97X-D     1 0.313   1 0.313   1 0.313   1 0.313     1 0.313 1 0.313 1 0.313
B97D3   1 0.313     1 0.313   1 0.313   1 0.313   1 0.313 1 0.205   1 0.313
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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1 2.103 1 0.246   1 0.150 1 0.313 1 0.077 1 0.135 1 0.313 1 0.016 1 0.029   1 0.510    
MP2=FULL 1 2.099 1 0.116 1 0.071 1 0.150 1 0.077 1 0.077 1 0.134 1 0.015 1 0.015 1 0.028        
MP3             1 0.313              
MP3=FULL         1 0.313   1 0.313              
MP4 1 2.148 1 0.263     1 0.079       1 0.016 1 0.031        
B2PLYP         1 0.070                 1 0.774
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         1 0.069               1 0.008 1 0.004
Configuration interaction CID   1 0.228     1 0.072       1 0.018 1 0.025        
CISD   1 0.235     1 0.073       1 0.018 1 0.026        
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
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD 1 0.358 1 0.252   1 0.150 1 0.077 1 0.077 1 0.130 1 0.020 1 0.020 1 0.028        
QCISD(T)   1 0.255   1 0.150 1 0.077   1 0.131 1 0.018 1 0.018 1 0.028        
Coupled Cluster CCD 1 2.112 1 0.236   1 0.144 1 0.074 1 0.074 1 0.125 1 0.019 1 0.019 1 0.026        
CCSD(T)   1 0.252   1 0.149 1 0.076   1 0.076 1 0.018 1 0.018 1 0.028        
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

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 0.024   1 0.018   1 0.135 1 0.045     1 0.313
density functional B3LYP 1 0.025   1 0.014   1 0.147 1 0.006     1 0.313
PBEPBE                 1 0.313
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1 0.008   1 0.016   1 0.160 1 0.054      
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.