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

Calculated Electron Affininty for O (Oxygen atom)

Experimental Electron Affinity is 1.46198 ± 0.00043 eV
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Electron Affinities in eV
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM6  
composite G1 1.409
G2MP2 1.347
G2 1.398
G3 1.337
G3B3 1.351
G3MP2 1.319
CBS-Q 1.381
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
hartree fock HF -10.266 -3.312 -3.312 -1.764 -1.775 -1.775 -0.548 -1.569 -1.570 -1.794 -0.926 -1.931 -1.240 -0.937 -0.523 -0.565 -0.572
ROHF   -3.287 -3.287   -1.728 -1.728 -0.510 -1.513       -1.885 -1.185        
density functional LSDA -8.351 -1.329 -1.329 0.488 0.489 0.489 2.487 0.932 0.932 0.483   0.280 1.439   2.547    
BLYP -9.076 -2.218 -2.218 -0.397 -0.366 -0.366 1.723 0.053 0.053 -0.419   -0.582 0.565        
B1B95 -8.896 -2.096 -2.096 -0.406 -0.391 -0.391 1.327 -0.058 -0.058 -0.429   -0.581 0.383   1.388    
B3LYP -8.819 -1.983 -1.983 -0.235 -0.215 -0.215 1.620 0.156 0.155 -0.258 1.063 -0.414 0.618 1.041 1.676 1.677 1.682
B3LYPultrafine         -0.215                        
B3PW91 -8.793 -1.899 -1.899 -0.229 -0.218 -0.218 1.462 0.127 0.127 -0.257   -0.406 0.547        
mPW1PW91 -8.833 -1.930 -1.949 -0.300 -0.276 -0.276 1.377 0.054 0.038 -0.330   -0.458 0.465   1.408    
PBEPBE -8.996 -2.056 -2.056 -0.308 -0.289 -0.289 1.680 0.096 0.096 -0.335   -0.487 0.577   1.759 1.764  
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC -10.266 -2.688 -2.688 -0.821 -0.606 -0.606 1.087 -0.422 -0.422 -0.407 0.473 -0.892 0.294   1.269 1.416  
MP2FU   -2.687     -0.602 -0.602 1.091 -0.415 -0.415     -0.888 0.301   1.272    
MP3         -0.688                        
MP4   -2.708     -0.709               0.212     1.468  
Configuration interaction CID         -0.770     -0.613                  
CISD   -2.731     -0.776                        
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   -2.709   -0.853 -0.709 -0.709 0.955 -0.535       -0.990 0.154        
QCISD(T)         -0.711             -0.994 0.200        
Coupled Cluster CCD   -2.711 -2.711 -0.848 -0.704 -0.704 0.881 -0.542       -0.987 0.146        
CCSD         -0.708             -0.989 0.151        
CCSD(T)         -0.711             -0.993 0.199   1.187 1.332  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.708             -0.990 0.206   1.189 1.337  
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 -1.156 -1.176 -1.118 -1.114 -1.296 -1.293
density functional B3LYP 0.431 0.419 0.513 0.533 0.389 0.383
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC -0.090 0.099 0.046 0.232 -0.189 -0.181
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.