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Calculated Ionization Energy for BH2 (boron dihydride)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 9.8 ± 0.2 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  
composite G2 8.260
G3 8.342
G4 8.353
CBS-Q 8.294

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) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 6.461 7.809 7.809 7.655 7.674 7.661 7.706 7.732 7.725 7.671   7.725 7.735 7.740 7.744 7.731 7.740 7.744 7.740
density functional LSDA 7.459 8.924 8.924 8.755 8.765 8.765 8.859 8.880 8.877 8.758     8.869 8.896   8.879      
BLYP 7.070 8.307 8.307 8.160 8.156 8.154 8.267 8.283 8.282 8.153     8.286 8.302          
B1B95 7.021 8.255 8.255 8.115 8.130 8.164 8.191 8.270 8.197 8.104     8.204 8.222          
B3LYP 7.216 8.457 8.457 8.308 8.306 8.301 8.391 8.408 8.406 8.299   8.415 8.415 8.422   8.424 8.422 8.428  
B3LYPultrafine         8.306                 8.422     8.422    
B3PW91 7.286 8.544 8.544 8.386 8.386 8.382 8.451 8.456 8.453 8.377     8.466 8.472          
mPW1PW91 7.268 8.506 8.521 8.368 8.354 8.349 8.421 8.425 8.438 8.361     8.437 8.445   8.449      
M06-2X     8.187   8.092                            
PBEPBE 7.187 8.484     8.337 8.333 8.431 8.436 8.433 8.330     8.448 8.455          
PBEPBEultrafine         8.337                            
PBE1PBE         8.339                            
HSEh1PBE   8.481     8.331                 8.422          
TPSSh         8.299   8.361     8.290       8.383          
wB97X-D     8.367   8.177   8.247   8.248     8.266 8.247 8.267     8.269    
B97D3   8.274     8.131   8.214   8.212   8.231 8.233   8.240     8.247    
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 6.345 7.905 7.905 7.757 7.850 7.900 7.959 7.964 8.031 7.984   8.015 8.035 8.116   8.053 8.126    
MP2=FULL 6.343 7.905     7.856 7.908 7.967 7.971 8.036       8.038     8.057      
MP3         7.875                            
MP3=FULL         7.882   8.000                        
MP4   7.923     7.887                 8.182          
Configuration interaction CID         7.871     7.988                      
CISD         7.876                            
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   7.925 11.654   7.885 7.932 7.992 8.010 8.074       8.086 8.161          
QCISD(T)         7.895               8.100 8.189          
Coupled Cluster CCD   7.926     7.879 7.927 7.987 7.999         8.080 8.150          
CCSD         7.883               8.085 8.160          
CCSD(T)         7.895               8.099 8.188          
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ 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 7.585 7.576 7.688 7.694 7.678 7.675     7.742
density functional B3LYP 8.264 8.242 8.362 8.345 8.385 8.365     8.423
PBEPBE                 8.457
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 7.654 7.718 7.776 7.855 7.752 7.747     8.117
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.