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XVII.C.1.

Calculated Ionization Energy for SiH2 (silicon dihydride)

Experimental Ionization Energy is 8.92 ± 0.07 eV
Please note! These calculated ionizataion 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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Ionization Energies in eV
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
PM6  
composite CBS-Q 9.127
Ionization Energies 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 5.380 7.977 7.944 7.936 7.910 7.891 7.908 7.921 7.894 7.880 7.894 7.918 7.899 7.887 7.905 7.894 7.887
density functional LSDA 7.101 9.508 9.567 9.486 9.543 9.530 9.561 9.573 9.556 9.549   9.562 9.589   9.577    
SVWN   9.508     9.543   9.561                    
BLYP 6.604 8.856 8.872 8.847 8.859 8.841 8.886 8.902 8.880 8.854   8.872 8.904        
B1B95 6.580 6.934 8.906 8.864 8.902 8.879 8.907 8.926 8.900 8.889   8.908 8.920   8.922    
B3LYP 6.730 9.012 9.033 8.995 9.014 8.995 9.030 9.046 9.023 9.008 9.031 9.028 9.048 9.039 9.047 9.046 9.040
B3LYPultrafine         9.015                        
B3PW91 6.708 8.982 9.007 8.954 8.978 8.963 8.986 8.999 8.976 8.968   8.987 8.992        
mPW1PW91 6.646 8.915 8.959 8.910 8.916 8.901 8.925 8.939 8.933 8.922   8.921 8.929        
M06-2X         8.913                        
PBEPBE 6.624 8.919 8.948 8.903 8.927 8.910 8.944 8.956 8.932 8.920   8.936 8.954        
HSEh1PBE         8.911                        
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 5.551 8.258 8.473 8.231 8.446 8.491 8.515 8.475 8.549 8.718 8.601 8.644 8.817   8.703 8.840  
MP2FU   8.262     8.459 8.504 8.528 8.490 8.564     8.650          
MP3         8.574                        
MP4   8.356     8.621                        
B2PLYP         8.782   8.813                    
Configuration interaction CID         8.566     8.584                  
CISD         8.565                        
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   8.375     8.629 8.678 8.701 8.651 8.730     8.847 9.004        
QCISD(T)         8.643             8.870 9.051        
Coupled Cluster CCD   8.367     8.625 8.673 8.696 8.646       8.845 9.005        
CCSD         8.627                        
CCSD(T)                       8.869 9.050        
Ionization Energies in eV
Methods with effective core potentials (select basis sets)
CEP-31G CEP-31G* CEP-121G CEP-121G* LANL2DZ SDD
hartree fock HF 7.976 7.908 7.948 7.917 8.041 7.969
density functional B3LYP 9.016 8.998 8.980 8.994 9.078 9.007
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2FC 8.252 8.514 8.253 8.558 8.311 8.254
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.