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Comparison of experiment and theory for rSbCl

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Species with coordinate rSbCl
Species Name
SbCl5 Antimony pentachloride
SbCl3 Antimony Trichloride
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 0.013

rms differences (calculated - experiment) in Å
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G*
hartree fock HF 1 0.016 1 0.106 1 0.031
density functional BLYP 1 0.075 1 0.167 1 0.087
B1B95 1 0.034 1 0.029 1 0.029
B3LYP 1 0.051 1 0.136 1 0.059
B3LYPultrafine   1 0.136  
B3PW91 1 0.046 1 0.121 1 0.042
mPW1PW91 1 0.040 1 0.113 1 0.035
M06-2X 1 0.027 1 0.107 1 0.032
PBEPBE 1 0.062 1 0.141 1 0.060
PBEPBEultrafine   1 0.141  
PBE1PBE 1 0.038 1 0.034 1 0.034
HSEh1PBE 1 0.039 1 0.117 1 0.037
TPSSh 1 0.050 1 0.125 1 0.045
wB97X-D 1 0.035 1 0.110 1 0.036
B97D3 1 0.071 1 0.147 1 0.065
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G*
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1 0.035 1 0.143 1 0.034
MP2=FULL 1 0.035 1 0.143 1 0.033
B2PLYP 1 0.041 1 0.136 1 0.047
B2PLYP=FULL 1 0.041 1 0.136 1 0.047
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine 1 0.041 1 0.136 1 0.047
Configuration interaction CID   1 0.134 1 0.030
CISD   1 0.135 1 0.031
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G*
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   1 0.151 1 0.041
Coupled Cluster CCD   1 0.145 1 0.037
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G*

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 0.086   1 0.090   1 0.085 1 0.087 1 0.001   1 0.006
density functional LSDA             1 0.003    
BLYP             1 0.069   1 0.061
B1B95             1 0.007   1 0.000
B3LYP 1 0.128   1 0.128   1 0.126 1 0.121 1 0.038   1 0.030
B3LYPultrafine             1 0.038   1 0.030
B3PW91             1 0.019   1 0.012
mPW1PW91             1 0.011   1 0.004
M06-2X             1 0.011   1 0.005
PBEPBE             1 0.040   1 0.032
PBEPBEultrafine             1 0.040   1 0.032
PBE1PBE             1 0.010   1 0.002
HSEh1PBE             1 0.014   1 0.006
TPSSh             1 0.022   1 0.015
wB97X-D 1 0.098   1 0.100   1 0.098 1 0.095 1 0.012   1 0.005
B97D3             1 0.047   1 0.039
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1 0.132   1 0.135   1 0.122 1 0.125 1 0.003   1 0.012
MP2=FULL             1 0.008   1 0.017
MP3             1 0.001    
MP3=FULL             1 0.002    
MP4             1 0.007    
MP4=FULL             1 0.002    
B2PLYP             1 0.020   1 0.012
B2PLYP=FULL             1 0.019   1 0.011
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine             1 0.019   1 0.011
Configuration interaction CID             1 0.008   1 0.016
CISD             1 0.008   1 0.016
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD             1 0.003   1 0.005
QCISD(T)             1 0.008   1 0.000
QCISD(T)=FULL             1 0.003   1 0.004
Coupled Cluster CCD             1 0.000   1 0.008
CCSD             1 0.002   1 0.006
CCSD=FULL             1 0.002   1 0.010
CCSD(T)             1 0.007   1 0.000
CCSD(T)=FULL             1 0.003   1 0.005
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.