HoF Errors: < 2 kcal/mol   < 5 kcal/mol   < 10 kcal/mol   < 20 kcal/mol   < 50 kcal/mol.   Geometries: 0: good, 100: bad

Comparison of Structures of 19 Cadmium-containing Solids predicted using PM7 with X-Ray

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Average unsigned error in PM7 HoF: 7.55 kcal/mol, for 12 solids
Average unsigned error in PM6 HoF: 87.93 kcal/mol, for 12 solids

     #     GUI   Heat of formation (Kcal/formula unit) Geometry        Species
                    Ref.        PM7        PM6        PM7    PM6 
  1473   (JSmol)     0.0         4.7       -9.1       50.7   70.7  Cadmium (Cd) (ICSD 619641) hcp
  1474   (JSmol)   -61.8       -36.7      -67.4       65.0   53.5  Cadmium oxide (CdO) (ICSD 620206)
  1475   (JSmol)  -134.0      -135.0     -274.4       30.4   87.5  Cadmium hydroxide (Cd(OH)2)
  1476   (JSmol)  -179.4      -176.8     -159.9        8.0   31.5  Otavite (CdCO3)
  1477   (JSmol)              -132.6      -60.1       26.6   54.5  Cadmium dinitrate (Cd(NO3)2) (ICSD 297)
  1478   (JSmol)  -167.4      -151.4     -228.9        4.2    6.1  Cadmium fluoride (CdF2)
  1479   (JSmol)   -38.7       -40.3      -85.1        5.7    1.5  Greenockite (CdS)
  1480   (JSmol)   -38.7       -39.9      -85.0        7.3    5.1  Hawleyite (CdS)
  1481   (JSmol)  -223.1      -241.0     -411.2        5.3   85.5  Cadmium sulfate (CdSO4) (ICSD 100317)
  1482   (JSmol)   -93.6      -100.4     -154.2       41.5   19.0  Cadmium chloride (CdCl2)
  1483   (JSmol)              -241.2     -273.2       14.0   18.1  catena-(Potassium (mu-4-2-ethylimidazole-4,5-dicarboxylato)-cadmium(ii)) (KOLXAL)
  1484   (JSmol)              -361.4     -517.6       18.5   80.5  Potassium catena(tris(mu-2-formato)-cadmium) (CAHMUT)
  1485   (JSmol)              -464.8     -431.6       11.9   24.1  Potassium tris(acetylacetonato)-cadmium(ii) monohydrate (KACCDM)
  1486   (JSmol)              -425.8     -427.6       11.9   42.5  catena-(Imidazolium potassium bis(mu-2-oxalato)-cadmium) (MAZYER)
  1487   (JSmol)              -289.7     -353.7       22.3   47.7  catena-(tris(mu-2-Thiocyanato)-cadmium (18-crown-6)-potassium clathrate) (RAPVAF)
  1488   (JSmol)              -530.8     -688.8       32.8   49.8  bis(15-Crown-5-sodium) bis(tetraselenido)-cadmium (SANBEO)
  1489   (JSmol)   -75.6       -72.1     -107.4       34.3   24.5  Cadmium bromide (CdBr2)
  1594   (JSmol)   -22.1       -22.1     -457.7        0.0   48.9  Cadmium telluride (CdTe)
  1673   (JSmol)   -48.6       -38.5      -58.8       20.4   24.6  Cadmium diiodide (CdI2) (ICSD 44791)