Table 1. Calculated total (au) and relative (kcal/mol) energies of the four selected beta-D-glucose conformers a

Method Conformers
 

(1)

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

HF/3-21G -679.55250   -2.09   -6.55   -7.68
HF/6-31G(d) -683.33194   -0.15  

6.73

 

6.76

HF/cc-pVDZ b -683.40610   -0.09  

6.23

 

6.34

HF/cc-pVTZ//HF/cc-pVDZ b -683.61764  

0.35

 

9.78

 

9.87

HF/cc-pTVQZ//MP2/cc-pVDZ b -683.65029  

0.48

  13.07   16.78
MP2/6-31G(d) b -685.17603   -0.45  

0.66

  -0.60
MP2/cc-pVDZ b -685.34107   -0.50   -0.11   -0.81
CCSD/6-31G(d)//MP2/6-31G(d) b -685.24789   -0.34  

2.07

 

1.68

MP2/cc-pVTZ//MP2/cc-pVDZ b -686.05046  

0.07

 

4.13

 

3.65

Composite E b -686.16144  

0.27

 

6.41

 

6.99

Composite G298 (rot-vib) b -685.97132  

0.58

 

8.24

 

8.80

               
BP/6-31G(d) -687.15320   -0.77   -0.66   -4.40
B3P/cc-pVDZ//MP2/cc-pVDZ -688.94839   -0.89   -0.16   -2.45
B3LYP/6-31G(d) -687.14920   -0.70  

1.65

  -0.60
B3P/6-311G(d,p)//MP2/cc-pVDZ -689.09736   -0.52  

2.15

 

0.85

B3P/6-31G(d) -688.88034   -0.80  

2.97

   
BP/6-31+G(d)//MP2/cc-pVDZ -687.19506   -0.16  

3.39

 

1.69

BP/6-31+G(d) -687.19818   -0.15  

4.94

 

2.79

B3P/6-31+G(d)//MP2/cc-pVDZ -688.91578   -0.30  

5.43

 

4.24

B3P/aug-cc-PVDZ//MP2/cc-pVDZ -689.02121  

0.02

 

6.18

 

5.28

B3LYP/6-31+G(d) -687.19449   -0.12  

6.92

 

4.93

B3LYP/6-31+G(d)//MP2/cc-pVDZ -687.19207   -0.16  

7.19

 

6.74

a See text after the numbering and geometry of conformers.

b Ref. 10.