Research Article

Basis Set Effects in the Description of the Cl-O Bond in ClO and XClO/ClOX Isomers (X = H, O, and Cl) Using DFT and CCSD(T) Methods

Table 2

Relative energies (in kcal/mol) of the isomers of ClO2 and enthalpies of formation at 298K determined from reactions (16)–(18).

SpeciesMethodBasis setΔH(0)ΔfH0, reac. (16a)ΔfH0, reac. (16b)ΔfH0, reac. (17a)ΔfH0, reac. (17b)ΔfH0, reac. (18)Average

ClOOG42.9928.128.126.226.127.627.2 ± 1.8
W1BD4.5028.329.127.227.727.828.1 ± 1.1
B3LYPAug6Z-1.6524.424.222.624.620.423.2 ± 3.1
PBE0Aug6Z2.4124.626.423.225.519.923.9 ± 4.5
M06Aug6Z3.0323.325.923.824.322.423.9 ± 2.4
M06-2XAug6Z1.8530.031.928.929.628.629.8 ± 2.3
BMKAug6Z-0.2627.530.227.027.925.727.7 ± 2.9
B2PLYPAug6Z4.3227.628.124.026.123.325.8 ± 3.8
CCSD(T)6Z2.4625.526.825.725.226.525.9 ± 1.2
W4CBS10.5525.1
Exper223.4 ± 1.0

OClOG425.324.622.722.724.123.9 ± 2.1
W1BD23.924.122.722.722.823.2 ± 1.3
B3LYPAug6Z25.525.323.725.721.624.4 ± 3.1
PBE0Aug6Z21.723.520.322.617.021.0 ± 4.5
M06Aug6Z19.822.420.320.718.820.4 ± 2.4
M06-2XAug6Z27.929.826.827.526.527.7 ± 2.3
BMKAug6Z27.630.227.027.925.827.7 ± 2.9
B2PLYPAug6Z22.422.818.820.918.120.6 ± 3.8
CCSD(T)Aug6Z22.423.722.622.223.122.8 ± 1.1
W4CBS123.9
Exper.322.6 ± 0.3
Exper.423.53 ± 0.24

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