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benzene

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

benzene_ccpvdz_JW_ADAPT_v4_casscf_tapered__sha256_6a02a889695ff913

VQE Gap

9.5397e-3 Ha

CASCI ref

-230.787137 Ha

Qubits (tapered)

9

CCSD(T) corr.

-8.738e-1 Ha

Molecule / Problem

Namebenzene
Basis setcc-pvdz
GeometryC 1.3960 0.0000 0.0000; C 0.6980 1.2087 0.0000; C -0.6980 1.2087 0.0000; C -1.3960 0.0000 0.0000; C -0.6980 -1.2087 0.0000; C 0.6980 -1.2087 0.0000; H 2.4850 0.0000 0.0000; H 1.2425 2.1520 0.0000; H -1.2425 2.1520 0.0000; H -2.4850 0.0000 0.0000; H -1.2425 -2.1520 0.0000; H 1.2425 -2.1520 0.0000
Charge0
Spin0
Active electrons6
Active orbitals6
Orbital optimizationCASSCF

Encoding / Circuit

Qubit mappingjordan-wigner
Ansatz typeadapt
Ansatz reps (HEA)1
TaperingZ2 symmetry — 3 symmetries removed
Qubits (original)12
Qubits (tapered)9
Num parameters11
Circuit depth100
2Q gates154

Energy Results

HF energy-230.7218210541 Ha
MP2 energy-231.5209511757 Ha
CCSD energy-231.5593074056 Ha
CCSD(T) energy-231.5956287864 Ha
CASSCF energy-230.7871374810 Ha
CASCI ground state-230.7871374810 Ha
VQE best energy-230.7775977664 Ha
|VQE − CASCI| gap9.539715e-3 Ha
CCSD(T) correlation-8.738077e-1 Ha

Optimizer / Run Config

AlgorithmADAPT-VQE (COBYLA inner)
Multistart runs1
Max iterations500
Total func evals976
Num parameters11
Backenddefault.qubit

Provenance / Reproducibility

Entry IDbenzene_ccpvdz_JW_ADAPT_v4_casscf_tapered__sha256_6a02a889695ff913
Schema version4.0.0
Created (UTC)2026-07-16T09:49:20.903532+00:00
SHA-256 hash6a02a889695ff91375177bfe1f5385d9fa4bea31155be55d6b8ca2198f3f8607
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 benzene \

--mapping jordan_wigner \

--ansatz-type adapt \

--reps 1 \

--orbital-opt casscf \

--multistart 1 \

--max-iter 500 \

--out-dir releases/v4/db