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Calculated Electron Affininty for CH3CN (Acetonitrile)

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Experimental Electron Affinity is 0.0072 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 -1.124
G3B3 -1.214
G4 -1.137

Electron Affinities in eV
Methods with standard basis sets
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF       -1.536     -1.369   -2.426 -0.686 -0.561 -0.488 -0.140 -0.119
density functional BLYP                   -0.352 -0.284   -0.019 -0.011
B1B95       -1.128     -0.984     -0.454 -0.371     -0.051
B3LYP       -0.939           -0.296 -0.223 -0.178 0.042 0.051
B3LYPultrafine       -0.939           -0.296     0.042 0.051
B3PW91       -1.002     -0.868     -0.323 -0.243   0.039 0.049
mPW1PW91       -1.027     -0.890     -0.337 -0.253   0.038 0.049
M06-2X   -2.735   -1.089     -0.966     -0.516 -0.449      
PBEPBE             -0.768     -0.254 -0.179   0.076 0.085
PBEPBEultrafine             -0.768     -0.254 -0.179   0.076 0.085
PBE1PBE       -1.017     -0.879     -0.327 -0.243   0.040 0.051
HSEh1PBE       -1.002     -0.868     -0.320 -0.237   0.043 0.054
TPSSh     -2.110 -1.101   -2.135 -0.955     -0.395 -0.301      
wB97X-D   -2.691 -2.187 -1.256 -1.817   -1.116 -1.244   -0.520 -0.306   -0.039 -0.006
B97D3 -2.602   -2.147 -1.073 -1.706         -0.500       -0.231
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2     -3.082 -1.320     -1.081     -0.505 -0.406   -0.094 -0.077
MP2=FULL       -1.322     -1.084     -0.506 -0.409   -0.094 -0.077
MP3             -1.090           -0.093  
MP3=FULL     -2.839 -1.323     -1.094     -0.507     -0.093  
MP4             -1.038     -0.474 -0.378   -0.082 -0.046
MP4=FULL             -1.042     -0.475 -0.381   -0.082 -0.084
B2PLYP             -0.972     -0.436 -0.353   -0.058 -0.058
B2PLYP=FULL -3.055   -2.473             -0.436 -0.354   -0.069  
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine       -1.135           -0.436     -0.065  
Configuration interaction CID             -1.196           -0.113  
CISD             -1.192           -0.112  
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD       -1.290     -1.060     -0.487     -0.078  
QCISD(T)             -1.019     -0.462 -0.367   -0.073 -0.037
QCISD(T)=FULL       -1.260     -1.025     -0.463 -0.371   -0.073 -0.076
Coupled Cluster CCD       -1.339     -1.110     -0.520     -0.098  
CCSD       -1.296     -1.068     -0.493     -0.082  
CCSD=FULL             -1.073     -0.494        
CCSD(T)       -1.258     -1.021     -0.464 -0.368   -0.074  
CCSD(T)=FULL             -1.026     -0.465 -0.373   -0.074  
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVDZ 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
density functional B3LYP                 -1.384
PBEPBE                 -1.365
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.