Hallo Netters, I discovered, somewhat to my surprise, that the basis sets 3-21+G and 3-21+G* give different energies for fully optimized geometries.. (Yes, my molecules ONLY contain atoms through Fluorine).. I thought just adding diffuse functions did not change the 3-21G = 3-21G* relationship. Boy, was I wrong. A hundred kcals wrong! Can anybody point out what I am missing??????? Thanks. J. Weston -------- ge91' at \`maier.org.chemie.uni-giessen.de