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Calculated Ionization Energy for SO3 (Sulfur trioxide)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 12.8 ± 0.04 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 13.158
G3 13.158
CBS-Q 13.118

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 10.467 13.541 12.814   13.054 13.054 13.109 13.048 13.048 12.918   13.071 12.913 13.041 13.037 13.066 13.071 13.042 13.065
density functional LSDA 7.810 12.294 12.384 12.857 12.757 12.757 12.981 12.942 12.942 12.711     12.591 12.946   12.905      
BLYP   11.269 11.394 11.843 11.788 11.788 12.070 11.978 11.978 11.731     11.619 11.990          
B1B95 8.348     12.997                              
B3LYP 8.134   12.098 12.903                     12.653     12.674  
B3PW91 8.222   12.222 13.003                              
mPW1PW91 8.366 12.609   13.067                              
PBEPBE   11.513 11.620 12.030 11.941 11.941 12.172 12.101 12.101 11.889     11.790 12.103          
HSEh1PBE   12.549                                  
TPSSh         12.218   12.390     12.148       12.332          
B97D3   11.617     11.988   12.191   12.137   12.233 12.156   12.116     12.189   12.185
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 5.078 13.415 11.705 11.452 12.430 12.430 12.646 12.490 12.490 12.696   12.548 12.176 12.844   12.629 12.996    
MP2=FULL 5.078 13.272 11.706 11.458 12.438 12.438 12.652 12.500 12.500 12.710     12.182 12.865     13.019    
MP3         12.938                            
MP3=FULL         12.943   13.090                        
MP4   23.758     12.090       12.112         12.508          
B2PLYP         13.710                 17.207          
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         13.753               12.716 19.286          
Configuration interaction CID   12.660 12.437   13.048     13.076                      
CISD   12.546 12.325   12.950     12.981                      
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     11.733   12.430 12.430 12.600 12.463 12.463 12.645     12.207 12.811          
Coupled Cluster CCD   12.350 12.203   12.908 12.908 13.070 12.939 12.939 13.099     12.686 13.258   13.105 13.387    
CCSD         12.531                            
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   13.043   13.022         13.012
density functional B3LYP 13.018   12.986   13.121 13.105     12.646
PBEPBE                 12.160
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 11.301 12.496 11.393 12.475 11.538 11.685     12.977
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.