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Calculated Electron Affininty for N3 (azide radical)

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Experimental Electron Affinity is 2.68 ± 0.03 eV
Please note! These calculated electron affinity 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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Electron Affinities in eV
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G2 2.600
G3 2.540
G3B3 2.653
G4 2.655
CBS-Q 2.514

Electron Affinities 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 cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF -4.409 -0.320 -0.320 0.326 0.354 0.354 0.856 0.441 0.441 0.310   0.699 0.229 0.537 0.839 0.805   0.802
density functional BLYP -1.928 1.212 1.212 1.919 1.846 1.846 2.637 2.053 2.053 1.840     1.692 2.199        
B3LYP -1.887 1.365 1.365 2.049 1.988 1.988 2.682 2.166 2.166 1.974   2.512 1.841 2.294 2.662 2.653    
B3LYPultrafine         1.988                     2.653    
B3PW91 -1.810 1.522 1.522 2.130 2.070 2.070 2.653 2.216 2.216 2.034     1.932 2.308        
mPW1PW91 -1.905 1.462 1.462 2.061 2.002 2.002 2.588 2.139 2.139 1.963     1.867 2.229        
M06-2X     1.530   2.108                          
PBEPBE -1.757 1.478 1.478 2.111 2.035 2.035 2.733 2.205 2.205 2.013     1.896 2.328        
HSEh1PBE         1.969                          
TPSSh         1.953   2.547     1.901       2.184        
wB97X-D     1.435   2.020   2.611   2.148     2.424 2.611 2.227   2.529    
B97D3   1.468     1.998   2.657   2.150   2.618 2.469   2.248   2.605    
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 cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 -1.395 2.004 2.004 2.835 2.985     2.947 2.959 2.884   3.194   3.160 3.657 3.633 3.162  
MP2=FULL -1.395 2.004 2.004 2.836       2.896 2.896 2.875       3.143   3.609 3.158  
MP3         1.648                          
MP3=FULL         1.640   2.219                      
MP4   1.825     2.363                          
B2PLYP                           2.412        
Configuration interaction CID   0.613 0.613 1.390 1.465     1.542                    
CISD   0.500 0.500 1.253 1.388     1.472                    
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 cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   0.549 0.549 1.328 1.508 1.508 2.142 1.615 1.615 1.729                
QCISD(T)         1.674                          
Coupled Cluster CCD   0.821 0.821 1.648 1.798 1.798 2.400 1.841 1.841 1.949                
CCSD(T)         1.680                 2.197   2.630 2.201  
CCSD(T)=FULL         1.684                 2.190   2.623 2.205  
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 cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ

Electron Affinities 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 0.486 0.505 0.570 0.628 0.529 0.533     0.690
density functional B3LYP 2.248 2.144 2.306 2.233 2.366 2.360     2.485
PBEPBE                 2.516
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 3.272 3.013 3.381 3.152 3.323 3.331     3.365
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.