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Calculated Ionization Energy for MgO (magnesium oxide)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 8.76 ± 0.22 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
composite G4 7.896

Ionization Energies in eV
Methods with standard basis sets
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF     4.836           4.859       4.874 4.944
density functional LSDA                         8.857  
BLYP     7.846                      
B1B95                         7.361  
B3LYP                 7.497       7.672  
B3LYPultrafine                       7.749    
mPW1PW91                         7.348  
M06-2X   7.131 7.274                      
PBEPBE                         7.934  
PBE1PBE     7.313                      
HSEh1PBE 7.157   7.322 7.469             7.383      
TPSSh     7.399 7.530     7.444       7.447      
wB97X-D   6.964 7.135 7.285   7.180     7.035 7.285 7.175 7.250    
B97D3 7.598   7.720 7.847   7.776   7.846 7.523   7.765 7.826    
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2     7.869   7.884       7.518       8.067  
MP2=FULL                         8.140  
MP3=FULL     6.793 6.932                    
MP4                     8.472      
B2PLYP     7.771               7.866      
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD                         7.516  
Coupled Cluster CCD                         7.134  
CCSD(T)                         7.695  
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ

Ionization Energies 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                 4.968
density functional B3LYP                 7.768
PBEPBE                 8.029
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2                 8.143
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.