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Comparison of experiment and theory for rMgCl

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Species with coordinate rMgCl
Species Name
MgCl2 Magnesium dichloride
MgCl magnesium 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 2 0.018
composite G3B3 2 0.029
G4 2 0.020

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 1 0.090 2 0.088 2 0.030 2 0.090 2 0.026 2 0.026 2 0.029 2 0.025 1 0.005 2 0.013 2 0.011 2 0.046 1 0.012 1 0.002 1 0.003   1 0.002   1 0.002 2 0.013
ROHF   1 0.103 1 0.039   1 0.035 1 0.035 1 0.038 1 0.035                        
density functional LSDA 2 0.077 1 0.045 1 0.005 2 0.065 2 0.011 1 0.006 1 0.005 2 0.016 1 0.012 1 0.026     1 0.005 1 0.023   1 0.001        
BLYP 1 0.070 2 0.095 2 0.041 2 0.103 2 0.036 2 0.043 2 0.049 2 0.048 1 0.025       1 0.027 1 0.014   1 0.034        
B1B95 1 0.086   1 0.008 1 0.057 1 0.006 1 0.007 1 0.009 1 0.001 1 0.001 1 0.010     1 0.008 1 0.009   1 0.011        
B3LYP 1 0.081 2 0.083 2 0.028 2 0.088 2 0.029 2 0.029 2 0.033 2 0.032   2 0.016   2 0.047 1 0.013 1 0.000     1 0.001   1 0.001  
B3LYPultrafine         1 0.013                       2 0.021      
B3PW91   2 0.086 2 0.030 2 0.086 2 0.026 2 0.026 2 0.029 2 0.026   1 0.018     1 0.013 1 0.004   1 0.017        
mPW1PW91   2 0.082 1 0.012 1 0.060 2 0.022 2 0.022 2 0.025 2 0.023 1 0.001       1 0.010 1 0.007            
M06-2X     2 0.020   2 0.022           2 0.013                  
PBEPBE   1 0.071 1 0.021 1 0.072 1 0.021 1 0.021 1 0.023 1 0.015 1 0.015 1 0.002 1 0.026   1 0.021 1 0.005     1 0.006      
PBEPBEultrafine         1 0.021                              
PBE1PBE         2 0.022                              
HSEh1PBE   2 0.081     2 0.023   2 0.026             2 0.011            
TPSSh         2 0.028   2 0.030     2 0.020       2 0.019            
wB97X-D     2 0.032   2 0.026   2 0.027   2 0.026     2 0.036 2 0.027 2 0.017     2 0.018      
B97D3   2 0.077     2 0.042   2 0.043   2 0.041   2 0.031 2 0.076   2 0.033     2 0.041     2 0.041
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 0.097 2 0.017 2 0.103 2 0.018 2 0.015 2 0.019 2 0.020 1 0.000 2 0.014   2 0.043 1 0.014   1 0.018     1 0.021 2 0.013  
MP2=FULL   2 0.098 1 0.004 1 0.083 2 0.013 2 0.013 2 0.017 2 0.017             1 0.001 2 0.045     2 0.011  
MP3         1 0.003   2 0.017                          
MP3=FULL         2 0.016   2 0.019                          
MP4   1 0.084     2 0.017     1 0.026           1 0.018            
B2PLYP         2 0.021                 2 0.018            
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         2 0.021               2 0.024 2 0.011     2 0.013      
Configuration interaction CID         2 0.015     1 0.023                        
CISD         2 0.016                              
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 0.102 1 0.007 1 0.087 2 0.017 1 0.006 2 0.020 2 0.018 1 0.026       2 0.026              
QCISD(T)         2 0.018     1 0.028                        
Coupled Cluster CCD   1 0.081 1 0.005 1 0.084 2 0.015 1 0.005 1 0.006 2 0.016         1 0.013              
CCSD         2 0.017     1 0.025                        
CCSD(T)         2 0.018 1 0.024   1 0.027   1 0.000                    
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 0.107 2 0.026 2 0.101 2 0.026 2 0.056 2 0.085     2 0.017
density functional B1B95 1 0.093 2 0.037              
B3LYP 2 0.117 2 0.039 2 0.110 2 0.038 2 0.065 2 0.086     2 0.020
PBEPBE                 2 0.021
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 2 0.123 2 0.031 2 0.117 2 0.024 2 0.063 2 0.095     2 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.