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Comparison of experiment and theory for rLiI

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Species with coordinate rLiI
Species Name
LiI Lithium Iodide
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 0.064
PM3 1 0.201
PM6 1 0.136

rms differences (calculated - experiment) in Å
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-311G*
hartree fock HF 1 0.111 1 0.095 1 0.061 1 0.044
density functional LSDA       1 0.012
BLYP 1 0.103 1 0.072 1 0.042 1 0.026
B1B95 1 0.111 1 0.034 1 0.034 1 0.012
B3LYP 1 0.112 1 0.065 1 0.034 1 0.017
B3LYPultrafine   1 0.065   1 0.017
B3PW91 1 0.106 1 0.075 1 0.042 1 0.019
mPW1PW91 1 0.109 1 0.071 1 0.038 1 0.015
M06-2X 1 0.119 1 0.062 1 0.032 1 0.008
PBEPBE 1 0.104 1 0.072 1 0.040 1 0.018
PBEPBEultrafine   1 0.072   1 0.018
PBE1PBE 1 0.112 1 0.035 1 0.035 1 0.012
HSEh1PBE 1 0.111 1 0.071 1 0.038 1 0.016
TPSSh 1 0.105 1 0.076 1 0.043 1 0.020
wB97X-D 1 0.098 1 0.100 1 0.063 1 0.047
B97D3 1 0.082 1 0.090 1 0.061 1 0.046
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-311G*
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1 0.114 1 0.087 1 0.066 1 0.029
MP2=FULL 1 0.114 1 0.087 1 0.064 1 0.025
MP3       1 0.028
MP3=FULL   1 0.087 1 0.064 1 0.024
MP4   1 0.088   1 0.028
MP4=FULL   1 0.088   1 0.024
B2PLYP 1 0.115 1 0.069 1 0.041 1 0.018
B2PLYP=FULL 1 0.115 1 0.069 1 0.040 1 0.016
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine 1 0.115 1 0.069 1 0.040 1 0.016
Configuration interaction CID   1 0.088 1 0.065 1 0.028
CISD   1 0.089 1 0.065 1 0.029
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-311G*
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   1 0.090 1 0.067 1 0.029
QCISD(T)       1 0.028
QCISD(T)=FULL       1 0.024
Coupled Cluster CCD   1 0.088 1 0.066 1 0.028
CCSD       1 0.029
CCSD=FULL       1 0.025
CCSD(T)       1 0.028
CCSD(T)=FULL       1 0.024
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-311G*

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 0.090   1 0.064   1 0.103 1 0.104 1 0.029   1 0.028
density functional LSDA             1 0.023    
BLYP             1 0.014   1 0.013
B1B95             1 0.001   1 0.001
B3LYP 1 0.089   1 0.064   1 0.080 1 0.079 1 0.004   1 0.002
B3LYPultrafine             1 0.004   1 0.002
B3PW91             1 0.008   1 0.005
mPW1PW91             1 0.004   1 0.001
M06-2X             1 0.001   1 0.003
PBEPBE             1 0.007   1 0.005
PBEPBEultrafine             1 0.007   1 0.005
PBE1PBE             1 0.000   1 0.002
HSEh1PBE             1 0.005   1 0.002
TPSSh             1 0.008   1 0.006
wB97X-D 1 0.086   1 0.062   1 0.113 1 0.111 1 0.035   1 0.033
B97D3             1 0.036   1 0.034
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1 0.104   1 0.065   1 0.098 1 0.099 1 0.016   1 0.020
MP2=FULL             1 0.003   1 0.010
MP3             1 0.016   1 0.023
MP3=FULL             1 0.003   1 0.014
MP4             1 0.017   1 0.023
MP4=FULL             1 0.003   1 0.014
B2PLYP             1 0.005   1 0.006
B2PLYP=FULL             1 0.001   1 0.002
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine             1 0.001   1 0.002
Configuration interaction CID             1 0.015   1 0.018
CISD             1 0.016   1 0.018
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD             1 0.017   1 0.023
QCISD(T)             1 0.017   1 0.024
QCISD(T)=FULL             1 0.004   1 0.014
Coupled Cluster CCD             1 0.016   1 0.022
CCSD             1 0.017   1 0.023
CCSD=FULL             1 0.004   1 0.014
CCSD(T)             1 0.017   1 0.024
CCSD(T)=FULL             1 0.004   1 0.014
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.