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Calculated Ionization Energy for CF3 (Trifluoromethyl radical)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 8.76 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 G2 9.064
G3 9.147
G3MP2 9.151
G4 9.188
CBS-Q 9.168

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 6.860 9.756 9.756 10.494 8.822 8.822 9.105 8.889 8.889 8.472   8.997 8.838 8.756 8.995 8.809 8.802
ROHF   9.703 9.703   8.761 8.761 9.045 8.828         8.776 8.692      
density functional LSDA 5.868 9.163 9.163 9.969 8.946 8.946 9.526 9.231 9.231 8.743     9.011 9.223 9.438    
BLYP 5.607 8.709 8.709 9.533 8.546 8.546 9.205 8.853 8.853 8.349     8.635 8.863      
B1B95 6.211 9.363 9.363 10.143 8.724 8.871 9.344 9.074 9.074 8.618     8.921 8.859 9.085    
B3LYP 6.228 9.249 9.249 10.047 8.899 8.899 9.444 9.140 9.140 8.661   9.349   9.110 9.356 9.235  
B3LYPultrafine         8.899                     9.235  
B3PW91 6.255 9.340 9.340 10.075 8.897 8.897 9.356 9.096 9.096 8.649     8.952 9.041      
mPW1PW91 6.337 9.349 9.401 10.131 8.873 8.873 9.334 9.058 9.101 8.663     8.925 9.003 9.288    
M06-2X     9.577   8.919           9.150            
PBEPBE 5.613 8.819     8.568 8.568 9.158 8.831 8.831 8.367     8.652 8.831      
PBEPBEultrafine         8.568                        
PBE1PBE         8.845                        
HSEh1PBE   9.318     8.857   9.325             9.003      
TPSSh         8.847   9.330             9.019      
wB97X-D     9.341   8.829   9.267   9.006     9.118 9.267 8.898   8.984  
B97D3   9.055     8.661   9.182   8.888   8.959 9.078   8.850   8.979 8.973
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 5.308 8.832 8.832 9.774 8.601 8.601 9.086 8.627 8.627 8.358   8.894 8.500 8.765 9.049    
MP2=FULL 5.306 8.830     8.585 8.584 9.072 8.621 8.621       8.492   9.040    
MP3         8.815   8.815                    
MP3=FULL         8.798   9.223                    
MP4         8.572                 8.755      
B2PLYP         8.754   9.274   8.913         8.937   9.087  
B2PLYP=FULL   9.082     8.749   9.270                    
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         8.749               8.765     9.075  
Configuration interaction CID         8.799                        
CISD         8.774                        
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   8.997     8.735 8.735 9.206 8.766 8.766                
Coupled Cluster CCD         8.807                        
CCSD         8.766                        
CCSD(T)         8.681                        
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ 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 10.779 9.083 10.668 9.097 10.704 10.695     8.789
density functional B3LYP 10.679 9.432 10.599 9.454 10.463 10.440     9.185
PBEPBE                 8.917
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 10.325 8.994 10.241 9.025 10.184 10.172     8.837
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.