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XVII.C.1. (III.D.6.)

Calculated Ionization Energy for C2H3 (vinyl)

Experimental Ionization Energy is 8.25 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 8.360
G3 8.477
G3B3 8.465
G4 8.469
CBS-Q 8.473

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         8.508 8.421 8.511 8.538 8.426 8.280 8.373 8.425 8.444 8.370 8.368 8.461 8.373 8.370 8.371
ROHF 6.738 8.053 8.053 7.985 7.966 7.943 8.050 8.056 8.023 7.893     8.013 8.009 8.016 8.054 8.019 8.019  
density functional LSDA         8.780 8.716 8.880 8.914 8.824 8.626     8.768 8.805   8.862 8.818    
BLYP         8.373 8.314 8.513 8.515 8.437 8.235 8.466 8.490 8.379 8.442   8.501 8.464    
B1B95         8.385 8.333 8.471 8.492 8.400 8.227 8.361 8.402 8.367 8.346   8.413 8.358    
B3LYP   9.097     8.612 8.546 8.710 8.724 8.637 8.451 8.644 8.675 8.599 8.627 8.636 8.690 8.642 8.644  
B3LYPultrafine         8.612 8.546 8.711 8.724   8.452 8.644 8.675 8.599 8.627   8.691 8.642    
B3PW91         8.660 8.588 8.713 8.738 8.644 8.487 8.630 8.665 8.621 8.616   8.677 8.626    
mPW1PW91         8.641 8.567 8.697 8.715 8.640 8.485 8.628 8.668 8.599 8.591   8.679 8.626    
M06-2X       8.801 8.455 8.379 8.516 8.580 8.479 8.270 8.450 8.479 8.411 8.446   8.475 8.456    
PBEPBE         8.481 8.411 8.579 8.588 8.498 8.325 8.511 8.544 8.458 8.491   8.551 8.512    
PBEPBEultrafine         8.481 8.412 8.579 8.589   8.326 8.511 8.544 8.458 8.492   8.552 8.512    
PBE1PBE         8.613 8.614 8.668 8.688 8.589 8.433 8.578 8.618 8.571 8.565   8.629 8.577    
HSEh1PBE         8.616 8.540 8.672 8.693 8.595 8.438 8.585 8.625 8.573 8.574   8.633 8.585    
TPSSh         8.640 8.572 8.700 8.718 8.626 8.473 8.620 8.655 8.602 8.610 8.618 8.659 8.625 8.625  
wB97X-D         8.552 8.485 8.609 8.624 8.532 8.371 8.511 8.551 8.601 8.487 8.498 8.565 8.497 8.505  
B97D3         8.518 8.456 8.604 8.616 8.535 8.364 8.537 8.574 8.497 8.522 8.534 8.574 8.543 8.545 8.542
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 6.308     8.002 7.781 7.793 7.949 7.932 7.904 7.775 8.009 7.899 7.920 8.008 8.033 8.040 8.041 8.048  
MP2=FULL 6.304     8.000 7.778 7.793 7.948 7.932 7.902 7.779 8.007 7.899 7.918 7.999 8.037 8.035 8.035 8.050  
ROMP2 9.677 12.442 12.442 12.366 14.238 14.704 14.865 14.667         14.698            
MP3         7.968   8.000       8.220 8.092 8.131 8.220          
MP3=FULL         7.965 7.999 8.144 8.123 8.113 7.994 8.217 8.093 8.129 8.207   8.249 8.242    
MP4         7.885       8.033   8.152 8.012 8.061 8.143   8.195 8.184    
MP4=FULL         7.883       8.030   8.154   8.059 8.131   8.190 8.187    
B2PLYP         8.358 8.313 8.471 8.479 8.407 8.245 8.444 8.427 8.394 8.433   8.494 8.454    
B2PLYP=FULL         8.356 8.313 8.470 8.478 8.406 8.244 8.442 8.426 8.393 8.427   8.492 8.450    
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         8.358 8.313 8.470 8.479 8.406 8.244 8.442 8.426 8.393 8.427   8.492 8.450    
Configuration interaction CID         8.071     8.204     8.252   8.209 8.255          
CISD         8.145     8.272     8.306   8.279 8.310          
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         8.236 8.263 8.392 8.373 8.363 8.246 8.442 8.329 8.396 8.445   8.508 8.474    
QCISD(T)         8.192     8.331     8.420 8.289 8.352 8.417   8.479 8.464    
QCISD(T)=FULL         8.188   8.352       8.407   8.350 8.396 8.441 8.474 8.439    
Coupled Cluster CCD         8.022 8.051 8.189 8.167 8.158 8.037 8.253 8.134 8.178 8.253   8.293      
CCSD         8.242 8.269 8.398 8.380 8.369 8.254 8.447 8.334 8.401 8.452 8.469 8.513 8.480    
CCSD=FULL         8.238         8.251 8.438 8.332 8.398 8.430 8.464 8.506 8.462    
CCSD(T)         8.190 8.217   8.328 8.318 8.209 8.411 8.286 8.350 8.412 8.449 8.476 8.459    
CCSD(T)=FULL         36.821           8.403 8.285 8.347 8.402 8.436 8.470 8.442 8.449  
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       8.541         8.375
density functional BLYP                 8.462
B1B95                 8.360
B3LYP       8.772         8.642
B3LYPultrafine                 8.642
B3PW91                 8.628
mPW1PW91                 8.629
M06-2X                 8.435
PBEPBE                 8.509
PBEPBEultrafine                 8.509
PBE1PBE                 8.578
HSEh1PBE                 8.587
TPSSh                 8.622
wB97X-D   8.651   8.588         8.509
B97D3                 8.537
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 8.142 7.921 8.059 7.897 8.082 8.076     8.022
MP2=FULL                 8.020
MP3                 8.231
MP3=FULL                 8.228
MP4                 8.158
MP4=FULL                 8.168
B2PLYP                 8.447
B2PLYP=FULL                 8.445
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine                 8.445
Configuration interaction CID                 8.264
CISD                 8.320
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD                 8.457
QCISD(T)                 8.435
QCISD(T)=FULL                 8.432
Coupled Cluster CCD                 8.265
CCSD                 8.462
CCSD=FULL                 8.455
CCSD(T)                 8.430
CCSD(T)=FULL                 8.424
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.