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Comparison of experiment and theory for rMgO

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Species with coordinate rMgO
Species Name
MgO magnesium oxide
MgOH magnesium hydroxide
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 0.576
PM6 2 0.087
composite G2 1 0.002
G3 1 0.002
G3B3 2 0.037
G3MP2 1 0.002
G4 2 0.009
CBS-Q 1 0.002

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-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 2 0.031 2 0.034 2 0.033 2 0.041 2 0.030 2 0.008 2 0.011 2 0.001 2 0.002 2 0.020 2 0.023 2 0.023 2 0.001 1 0.007 2 0.021   2 0.016 2 0.020 1 0.006 1 0.033 2 0.016
ROHF   1 0.040 1 0.042   1 0.001 1 0.005 1 0.015 1 0.002                          
density functional LSDA 2 0.077 2 0.025 2 0.036 2 0.012 2 0.031 2 0.029 2 0.030 2 0.021 2 0.024 2 0.021     2 0.024 2 0.021   2 0.021          
BLYP 2 0.073 2 0.014 2 0.011 2 0.030 2 0.014 2 0.053 2 0.065 2 0.054 2 0.058 2 0.039           2 0.053          
B1B95 2 0.072   2 0.029 2 0.016 2 0.028 2 0.026 2 0.030 2 0.017 2 0.017 2 0.016     2 0.019 2 0.016   1 0.001     1 0.005 1 0.018  
B3LYP 2 0.070 2 0.018 2 0.027 2 0.018 2 0.037 2 0.034 2 0.040 2 0.029 1 0.044 2 0.016 2 0.009 2 0.030 2 0.028   1 0.010   2 0.022 2 0.009 1 0.002 1 0.014  
B3LYPultrafine         2 0.037                       2 0.009        
B3PW91 1 0.042 1 0.001 2 0.026 2 0.017 2 0.033 2 0.030 2 0.035 2 0.024 1 0.036 1 0.015           2 0.028          
mPW1PW91 1 0.038 2 0.020 1 0.035 2 0.015 2 0.031 2 0.028 2 0.031 2 0.019 2 0.021 2 0.019           2 0.026          
M06-2X     2 0.033   2 0.036           2 0.025                    
PBEPBE 1 0.058 2 0.014     2 0.052 2 0.050 2 0.059 2 0.050 2 0.054 2 0.038 2 0.036   2 0.050 2 0.043              
PBEPBEultrafine         2 0.052                                
PBE1PBE         2 0.032                                
HSEh1PBE   1 0.001     2 0.032   2 0.032             2 0.022              
TPSSh         2 0.007   2 0.019     2 0.008       2 0.007              
wB97X-D     2 0.025   2 0.012   2 0.014   2 0.008     2 0.008 2 0.014 2 0.013     2 0.013        
B97D3   2 0.011     2 0.023   2 0.025   2 0.026   2 0.013 2 0.070   2 0.022     2 0.046       2 0.067
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-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1 0.019 2 0.046 2 0.031 2 0.016 2 0.014 2 0.026 2 0.056 2 0.010 2 0.023 2 0.011   2 0.021 2 0.015 2 0.025 1 0.009 1 0.008 2 0.016 1 0.006 1 0.014 1 0.012  
MP2=FULL 1 0.098 2 0.045     2 0.029 2 0.014 2 0.027 2 0.012 1 0.027       1 0.015 1 0.013 1 0.013 2 0.029 1 0.013   1 0.015 1 0.014  
MP3         2 0.049   2 0.030                            
MP3=FULL         2 0.029   2 0.035                            
MP4         2 0.047     2 0.035           2 0.037              
B2PLYP         2 0.033   1 0.051             2 0.006              
B2PLYP=FULL   1 0.023     1 0.006   1 0.024                            
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         2 0.011               2 0.024 2 0.022     2 0.008        
Configuration interaction CID         2 0.022     2 0.016                          
CISD         2 0.027 1 0.007                              
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-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   2 0.102     2 0.047   2 0.049 2 0.042 1 0.057       2 0.043 2 0.027              
QCISD(T)         2 0.042     2 0.037                          
Coupled Cluster CCD         2 0.032     2 0.029         1 0.037 1 0.021         1 0.036 1 0.015  
CCSD         2 0.042     2 0.039                          
CCSD(T)   1 0.026     2 0.036 2 0.030 1 0.042 2 0.025 1 0.026   1 0.011     2 0.024         1 0.023 1 0.004  
CCSD(T)=FULL         1 0.019               1 0.026 1 0.005         1 0.020 1 0.006  
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-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ 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 0.072 2 0.015 2 0.045 2 0.004 2 0.019 2 0.045     2 0.017
density functional B1B95 2 0.043 2 0.026              
B3LYP 2 0.049 2 0.040 2 0.027 2 0.028 2 0.007 2 0.022     2 0.009
PBEPBE                 2 0.010
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 2 0.039 2 0.023 2 0.013 2 0.013 2 0.014 2 0.014     2 0.009
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.