HF hydrogen fluoride ground state (I) W2 calculation (a) Reference geometry: CCSD(T)/cc-pVQZ (frozen core) result: rFH=0.916219966 angstrom (b) SCF and valence correlation [By the way, in MOLPRO the basis set sequence to use is basis,avtz,h=vtz basis,avqz,h=vqz basis,av5z,h=v5z ] HF SCF CCSD CCSD(T) A'VTZ -100.060988366742 -100.341579275615 -100.349049885506 A'VQZ -100.068558831621 -100.368880314136 -100.377142498905 A'V5Z -100.070603709694 -100.377963930033 H A'VTZ -0.499809811302 A'VQZ -0.499945568583 A'V5Z -0.499994535159 F A'VTZ -99.402083121383 -99.623349655724 -99.627771310924 A'VQZ -99.409209020628 -99.647865823389 -99.652845103807 A'V5Z -99.411197055583 -99.656371164184 Hence we have for H+F -> HF: SCF CCSD-SCF CCSD(T)-CCSD A'VTZ -0.15909543 -0.05932437 -0.00304895 A'VQZ -0.15940424 -0.06166468 -0.00328290 A'V5Z -0.15941212 -0.06218611 Infinite -0.15941233 -0.062733188 -0.003453624 Extrapolating SCF using A+B.C^l is quite easy using Einfinity=E[5]-(E[5]-E[4])**2/(E[5]-2*E[4]+E[3]) Extrapolating the CCSD correlation contrib.to A+B/l^3 is also quite easy Einfinity=E[5]+(E[5]-E[4])/((5/4)**3-1) Extrapolation the (T) contribution, finally (mind the different l values): Einfinity=E[4]+(E[4]-E[3])/((4/3)**3-1) (c) core corr. and scalar relativistics MTsmall (frozen core): !CCSD(T) ENERGY -100.350417320339 MTsmall (all e-): -100.408270982486 core corr. energy: -0.05785366 ditto for F atom: MTsmall (frozen core): -99.632199243965 MTsmall (all e-): -99.689772583788 core corr. energy: -0.05757334 core corr contrib to H+F->HF: -0.00028032 EREL: HF -0.08686656 H -0.00000653 F -0.08717340 scalar rel. contrib to H+F->HF: 0.00031337 (d) spin-orbit splitting HF has no 1st order splitting, neither has H, but F does. From http://theochem.weizmann.ac.il/~comartin/w1/ F(2P): -0.00061374 hartree, or -134.70 cm-1, or -0.385 kcal/mol, or -1.61 kJ/mol so on H+ F -> HF, we have +0.00061374 hartree (e) Summarizing: hartree kcal/mol kJ/mol SCF -0.15941223 -100.033 -418.54 CCSD valence corr -0.06273319 -39.366 -164.71 (T) valence corr -0.00345362 -2.167 -9.07 inner-shell corr -0.00028032 -0.176 -0.74 scalar rel 0.00031337 0.197 0.82 spin-orbit 0.00061374 0.385 1.61 TOTAL -0.22495225 -141.160 -590.61 (II) W1 calculation (a) The B3LYP/cc-pVTZ reference geometry is rHF=0.922318 angstrom (b) SCF and valence correlation [By the way, in MOLPRO the basis set sequence to use is basis,avdz,h=vdz basis,avtz,h=vtz basis,avqz,h=vqz ] HF SCF CCSD CCSD(T) A'VDZ -100.033217463314 -100.259476331568 -100.263637725068 A'VTZ -100.060807335651 -100.342026467211 -100.349574734903 A'VQZ -100.068274666759 -100.369044588713 H A'VDZ -0.499278403420 A'VTZ -0.499809811302 A'VQZ -0.499945568583 F A'VDZ -99.377068840448 -99.402083121383 -99.409209020628 A'VTZ -99.402083121383 -99.623349655724 -99.627771310924 A'VQZ -99.409209020628 -99.647865823389 Hence we have for H+F -> HF: SCF CCSD-SCF CCSD(T)-CCSD A'VDZ -0.15687022 -0.05564327 -0.00181136 A'VTZ -0.15891440 -0.05995260 -0.00312661 A'VQZ -0.15912008 -0.06211312 Infinite -0.15914309 -0.06352963 -0.00361557 Extrapolating SCF using A+B.C^l is quite easy using ESCF,infinity=E[4]-(E[4]-E[3])**2/(E[4]-2*E[3]+E[2]) Extrapolating the CCSD correlation contrib.to A+B/l^3 is also quite easy EcorrCCSD,infinity=E[4]+(E[4]-E[3])/((4/3)**3.22 - 1) Extrapolation the (T) contribution, finally (mind the different l values): E(T),infinity=E[3]+(E[3]-E[2])/((3/2)**3.22 - 1) (c) core corr. and scalar relativistics MTsmall (frozen core): !CCSD(T) ENERGY -100.35038282 MTsmall (all e-): -100.40822999 core corr. energy: -0.05784716 [note how the slightly different geometry affects the individual energies but barely affects the difference] ditto for F atom: MTsmall (frozen core): -99.632199243965 MTsmall (all e-): -99.689772583788 core corr. energy: -0.05757334 core corr contrib to H+F->HF: -0.00027382 EREL: HF -0.08686732 H -0.00000653 F -0.08717340 scalar rel. contrib to H+F->HF: 0.00031261 (d) spin-orbit splitting HF has no 1st order splitting, neither has H, but F does. From http://theochem.weizmann.ac.il/~comartin/w1/ F(2P): -0.00061374 hartree, or -134.70 cm-1, or -0.385 kcal/mol, or -1.61 kJ/mol so on H+ F -> HF, we have +0.00061374 hartree (e) Summarizing: hartree kcal/mol kJ/mol SCF -0.15914309 -99.864 -417.83 CCSD valence corr -0.06352963 -39.865 -166.80 (T) valence corr -0.00361557 -2.269 -9.49 inner-shell corr -0.00027382 -0.172 -0.72 scalar rel +0.00031261 0.196 0.82 spin-orbit +0.00061374 0.385 1.61 TOTAL -0.22563576 -141.589 -592.41