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Calculated Electron Affininty for CO2 (Carbon dioxide)

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Experimental Electron Affinity is -0.59999 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
composite G2 -0.533
G3 -0.512
G4 -0.443
CBS-Q -0.473

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
density functional B3PW91   -1.466 -1.466 -0.622 -1.240 -1.240 -0.288 -1.074       -1.294 -0.861      
TPSSh         -1.293                      
Moller Plesset perturbation MP3         -1.603                      
MP3=FULL         -1.623   -0.709                  
MP4   -2.491     -1.818       -1.712       -1.223      
Configuration interaction CID   -2.069 -2.069 -1.046 -1.646     -1.595                
CISD     -2.079 -1.057 -1.654     -1.598                
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
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   -2.145 -2.145 -1.088 -1.620 -1.620 -0.590 -1.533 -1.533 -1.645   -1.729 -1.091   -0.553 -0.570
QCISD(T)         -1.688             -1.789 -1.108      
Coupled Cluster CCD   -2.136 -2.136 -1.084 -1.626 -1.626 -0.687 -1.554 -1.554 -1.669   -1.749 -1.127   -0.660 -0.655
CCSD         -1.615             -1.727 -1.093      
CCSD(T)         -1.685             -1.787 -1.109 -0.832 -0.558 -0.546
CCSD(T)=FULL         -1.705             -1.795 -1.161 -0.856 -0.567 -0.616
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

Electron Affinities in eV
Methods with effective core potentials (select basis sets)
CEP-31G CEP-31G* CEP-121G CEP-121G* LANL2DZ SDD cc-pVTZ-PP aug-cc-pVTZ-PP Def2TZVPP
hartree fock HF -0.160                
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.