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III.D.6.a. (XVII.D.)

Calculated Electron Affininty for S3 (Sulfur trimer)

Please note! These calculated electron affinity energies have the vibrational zero-point energy (zpe) included, but the zpe has NOT been scaled. Click on an entry for more details, including the ionization energy with a scaled zpe.
Electron Affinities in eV
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM6  
composite G2 2.318
G3 2.419
G3B3 2.384
CBS-Q 2.491
Electron Affinities in eV
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
hartree fock HF   3.806 2.524 3.753 2.671 2.671 2.825 2.860     2.643 2.432 2.417 2.702 2.556  
density functional LSDA -2.513 13.131 2.623 3.390 2.771 2.771 3.007 3.058 3.058 2.592   2.565 2.733 2.974    
SVWN   3.388     2.771   3.007                  
BLYP   2.707 1.992 2.732 2.160 2.160 2.464 2.507       1.940 2.135      
B1B95   11.975 2.280 3.077 2.373 2.373 2.561 2.571       2.180 2.242 2.502    
B3LYP   3.220 2.390 3.222 2.546 2.546 2.791 2.834     2.618 2.330 2.463 2.737 2.637 2.400
B3LYPultrafine         2.546                      
B3PW91   3.344 2.492   2.603 2.603 2.774 2.805       2.417 2.479      
mPW1PW91   3.401 2.523 3.353 2.633 2.633 2.807 2.827       2.444 2.495      
M06-2X         2.691                      
PBEPBE   2.920 2.170 2.907 2.304 2.304 2.542 2.576       2.104 2.232 2.500    
HSEh1PBE         2.582                      
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC   2.118 1.563 2.181 1.722 1.722 1.957 1.977     1.809 1.628 1.977 2.212 2.231 1.930
MP2FU   2.112 1.552 2.176 1.711 1.711 1.946 1.969       1.621 1.954     -6.300
MP3         1.983                      
MP4   2.203     1.671               1.995      
B2PLYP         2.187   2.431                  
Configuration interaction CID   2.937 2.069 2.947 2.228     2.453                
CISD   2.899 2.056 2.915 2.214     2.444                
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   2.561 1.837 2.627 2.013 2.013 2.256 2.274       1.920 2.297     2.240
QCISD(T)         1.792             1.689 2.115 2.344    
Coupled Cluster CCD   2.715 1.886 2.754 2.059 2.059 2.283 2.305       1.955 2.305     2.244
CCSD         2.037             1.940 2.312      
CCSD(T)         1.805             1.701 2.126 2.352    
CCSD(T)=FULL         1.798                      
Electron Affinities in eV
Methods with effective core potentials (select basis sets)
CEP-31G CEP-31G* CEP-121G CEP-121G* LANL2DZ SDD
hartree fock HF 3.789 2.690 3.808 2.715 3.791 3.664
density functional B3LYP 3.339 2.640 3.323 2.632 3.284 3.122
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 2.256 1.883 2.278 1.907 2.141 1.973
For descriptions of the methods (AM1, HF, MP2, ...) and basis sets (3-21G, 3-21G*, 6-31G, ...) see the glossary in section I.C. Predefined means the basis set used is determined by the method.