I'm calculating the ground state energies of catechol, resorcinol, and hydroquinone (in Hartree) using wavefunction B3LYP/CAM-B3LYP/PBEPBE/HCTH and basis set 6-311+G(3df,2p)/ 6-311G+(d,p).

Issue:

According to the ruling order of energies should be like that hydroquinone> resorcinol>catechol

But in my energy of resorcinol is less than catechol, the order is like hydroquinone>catechol>resorcinol. At the same time, I've also tried different isomers of catechol and resorcinol. The problem still remains the same.

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