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

Calculated Electron Affininty for BrCl (Bromine monochloride)

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  
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
hartree fock HF -6.103 2.731 1.970 3.052 2.216 2.216 2.482 2.543 2.543 1.969 2.397 2.271 2.181 2.564 2.275
density functional LSDA -1.097 13.010 2.394 3.404 2.699 2.699 3.145 3.253 3.253 2.457   2.723 2.876 3.186  
SVWN   3.080     2.699   3.145                
BLYP   2.529 2.022 2.878 2.354 2.354 2.883 2.911 2.911 2.167   2.360 2.586    
B1B95 -1.284 11.648 2.063 3.042 2.434 2.329 2.701 2.773 2.773 2.089   2.378 2.458 2.815  
B3LYP -1.244 2.846 2.261 3.181 2.567 2.567 3.006 3.067 3.067 2.359 2.924 2.590 2.726 3.051 2.866
B3PW91   2.932 2.278 3.226 2.537 2.537 2.881 2.961 2.961 2.307   2.587 2.612    
mPW1PW91 -5.937 2.933 2.254 3.224 2.508 2.508 2.855 2.919 2.919 2.272   2.562 2.568    
M06-2X         2.457                    
PBEPBE   2.674 2.068 2.991 2.360 2.360 2.813 2.853 2.853 2.141   2.391 2.501    
HSEh1PBE         2.473                    
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC   2.268 1.726 2.642 2.055 2.055 2.438 2.387 2.387 1.989 2.293 2.104 2.231 2.726 2.467
MP2FU   2.264 1.718 2.632 2.041 2.041 2.424 2.381 2.381 1.955   2.097 2.188    
MP3         2.051                    
MP4   2.156     1.984                    
B2PLYP         2.333   2.748                
Configuration interaction CID   2.231 1.757 2.602 2.070     2.385              
CISD   2.213 1.753 2.586 2.065     2.382              
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   2.163 1.709 2.546 2.041 2.041 2.431 2.363 2.363 2.015   2.074 2.257    
QCISD(T)         1.983                    
Coupled Cluster CCD   2.185 1.710 2.567 2.044 2.044 2.420 2.364 2.364 2.018   2.085      
CCSD         2.044                    
CCSD(T)                       2.004 2.220 2.696 2.479
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 3.185   3.190   3.018 3.057
density functional B3LYP 3.441   3.435   3.224 3.366
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 2.812   2.844   2.490 2.636
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.