Cw. Bauschlicher et H. Partridge, THE SENSITIVITY OF B3LYP ATOMIZATION ENERGIES TO THE BASIS-SET AND A COMPARISON OF BASIS-SET REQUIREMENTS FOR CCSD(T) AND B3LYP, Chemical physics letters, 240(5-6), 1995, pp. 533-540
The atomization energies of the 55 G2 molecules are computed using the
B3LYP approach with a variety of basis sets. The 6-311+G(3df) basis s
et is found to yield superior results to those obtained using the augu
mented-correlation-consistent valence-polarized triple-zeta set. The a
tomization energy of SO2 is found to be the most sensitive to basis se
t and is studied in detail. Including tight d functions is found to be
important for obtaining good atomization energies. The results for SO
2 are compared with those obtained using the coupled-cluster singles a
nd doubles approach including a perturbational estimate of the triple
excitations.