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Release 22	May 2022
NIST Standard Reference Database 101

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III.F.2.

Completed calculations for HClO₄ (perchloric acid)

Methods and basis sets for which an energy has been calculated. "e" indicates just an energy has been calculated. "o" indicates an optimized geometry. "v" indicates vibrational frequencies. "s" followed by a number indicates completed calculations for different states (for example s1ov). "c" followed by a number indicates completed calculations for different conformations (for example c2ov).
See the Calculated Energies page (section III.A.1) for more calculated properties.

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Methods with predefined basis sets

semi-empirical	PM3	o
composite	G1	e
	G2MP2	e
	G2	e
	G3	e
	G3B3	e
	G3MP2	e
	G4	e
	CBS-Q	e

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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	aug-cc-pVDZ	aug-cc-pVTZ	cc-pV(T+d)Z	cc-pCVDZ	cc-pCVTZ	daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock	HF	o	o	ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov
density functional	LSDA	o		ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov
	BLYP	ov	o	o	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov			ov	ov	ov
	B1B95	o		ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov
	B3LYP	o	o	ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov
	B3LYPultrafine					ov											ov
	B3PW91	o	o	ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov			ov	ov	ov
	mPW1PW91	o	o	ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov
	M06-2X	o	o	ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov
	PBEPBE	o	o	ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov
	PBE1PBE	o		ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov
	HSEh1PBE	o	o	ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov
	TPSSh					ov		ov			ov				ov
	wB97X-D			ov		ov		ov		ov			ov	ov	ov		ov
	B97D3		o			ov		ov		ov		ov	ov		ov		ov				ov
		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	aug-cc-pVDZ	aug-cc-pVTZ	cc-pV(T+d)Z	cc-pCVDZ	cc-pCVTZ	daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation	MP2	dnf	o	ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov
	MP2=FULL	dnf	o	ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov
	MP3					ov		o
	MP3=FULL					ov		ov
	MP4		dnf			ov				ov					ov			ov		ov
	B2PLYP					ov
	B2PLYP=FULLultrafine					ov								ov	ov		ov
Configuration interaction	CID		o	ov	o	ov			ov
	CISD		o	ov	o	ov			ov
		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	aug-cc-pVDZ	aug-cc-pVTZ	cc-pV(T+d)Z	cc-pCVDZ	cc-pCVTZ	daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction	QCISD		o	ov	dnf	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov	ov	o	ov	ov	ov
	QCISD(T)					ov		ov		ov			ov	ov	ov			ov	ov	ov
Coupled Cluster	CCD		o	ov	o	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov		ov	ov	ov				ov
	CCSD					ov								ov	ov			ov	ov	ov
	CCSD(T)					ov		ov		ov			ov	ov	ov			ov	ov	ov
	CCSD(T)=FULL					ov							ov	ov	o			o		o
		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	aug-cc-pVDZ	aug-cc-pVTZ	cc-pV(T+d)Z	cc-pCVDZ	cc-pCVTZ	daug-cc-pVTZ

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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	o	ov	o	ov	o	o			ov
density functional	B3LYP	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov			ov
	PBEPBE									ov
Moller Plesset perturbation	MP2	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov	ov			ov

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.