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

Calculated Electron Affininty for B2 (Boron diatomic)

Experimental Electron Affinity is 1.3 ± 0.4 eV
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.
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Electron Affinities in eV
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM6  
composite G3 1.946
CBS-Q 1.923
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 cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
hartree fock HF -2.748 1.727 1.727 1.428 1.380 1.380 2.217 1.967     3.491 1.942 2.100 2.177 2.224 2.234 2.237 2.100
density functional SVWN   2.091     1.733   2.669                      
BLYP   1.312 1.312 0.981 0.947 0.947 1.959 1.614       1.562 1.787         1.787
B1B95 -2.005 1.598 1.598 1.283 3.042 3.010 3.063 1.834 1.834 1.319   3.589 2.009   2.164     2.009
B3LYP -1.973 1.691 1.691 1.367 1.330 1.330 2.254 1.970     2.229 1.924 2.124 2.206 2.282 2.291 2.294 2.124
B3PW91   1.834 1.834 1.502 1.456 1.456 2.263 2.051       2.012 2.166         2.166
mPW1PW91 -2.007 1.849 1.849 1.520 1.470 1.470 2.276 2.054       2.020 2.169         2.169
M06-2X         1.458                          
PBEPBE   1.541 1.541 1.212 1.167 1.167 2.085 1.781       1.744 1.926         1.926
HSEh1PBE         1.489                          
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC   1.021 1.021 0.721 0.912 0.912 1.873 1.636     3.755 1.630 1.917 2.035 2.040 2.104 2.123 1.917
MP2FU   1.018 1.018 0.717 0.918 0.918 1.879 1.641       1.630 1.922 2.047       1.922
MP4   0.789     0.732               3.901          
B2PLYP         1.057   1.994                      
Configuration interaction CID   1.016 1.016 0.710 0.983     1.690                    
CISD   0.915 0.915 0.604 0.893     1.606                    
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   0.820 0.820 0.509 0.809 0.809 1.735 1.540       1.525 1.821         1.821
QCISD(T)         0.675                          
Coupled Cluster CCD   0.960 0.960 0.655 0.943 0.943 1.848 1.666       1.653            
CCSD         0.853                          
CCSD(T)                       1.432 1.736     1.921   1.736
CCSD(T)=FULL         0.703                          
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 2.068 1.992 2.167 2.125 2.150 2.157
density functional B3LYP 1.991 1.924 2.092 2.055 2.090 2.081
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 1.465 1.563 1.566 1.680 1.509 1.513
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.