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H2CO

/jordan wigner/adapt
Certified
Beats CCSD(T)
cc-pvdz

H2CO_ccpvdz_JW_ADAPT_v4_tapered__sha256_09d774c657fca512

VQE Gap

1.1239e-3 Ha

CASCI ref

-113.896953 Ha

Qubits (tapered)

4

CCSD(T) corr.

-3.450e-1 Ha

Molecule / Problem

NameH2CO
Basis setcc-pvdz
GeometryC 0.0 0.0 0.0; O 0.0 0.0 1.208; H 0.0 0.924 -0.540; H 0.0 -0.924 -0.540
Charge0
Spin0
Active electrons4
Active orbitals4
Orbital optimizationHF

Encoding / Circuit

Qubit mappingjordan-wigner
Ansatz typeadapt
Ansatz reps (HEA)1
TaperingZ2 symmetry — 4 symmetries removed
Qubits (original)8
Qubits (tapered)4
Num parameters1
Circuit depth20
2Q gates14

Energy Results

HF energy-113.8747112406 Ha
MP2 energy-114.1946220638 Ha
CCSD energy-114.2099655671 Ha
CCSD(T) energy-114.2197587075 Ha
CASCI ground state-113.8969529437 Ha
VQE best energy-113.8958289967 Ha
|VQE − CASCI| gap1.123947e-3 Ha
CCSD(T) correlation-3.450475e-1 Ha

Optimizer / Run Config

AlgorithmADAPT-VQE (COBYLA inner)
Multistart runs1
Max iterations500
Total func evals19
Num parameters1
Backenddefault.qubit

Provenance / Reproducibility

Entry IDH2CO_ccpvdz_JW_ADAPT_v4_tapered__sha256_09d774c657fca512
Schema version4.0.0
Created (UTC)2026-07-16T09:35:23.779877+00:00
SHA-256 hash09d774c657fca5124cf682514ffcdb67cb9209d53c90de581c7d0e40c859277d
Python3.11.15
PySCF2.6.2
PennyLane0.45.0
OpenFermion1.6.1
NumPy2.2.6
SciPy1.13.1

Reproduce this result

# Clone repo and install pinned environment

git clone https://github.com/qencode-benchmark/qencode-benchmark

cd qencode-benchmark

pip install -r requirements-v4.txt

# Run this entry

python scripts/generate_entry_v4.py \

--molecule H2CO \

--mapping jordan_wigner \

--ansatz-type adapt \

--reps 1 \

--multistart 1 \

--max-iter 500 \

--out-dir releases/v4/db