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Calculated Ionization Energy for NO3 (Nitrogen trioxide)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 12.57 ± 0.014 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 12.163
G3 12.244
G4 12.560

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 9.495 13.587 13.587 14.665 13.482 13.482 12.158 13.540 13.540     13.456 13.468 13.260 13.460 13.286 13.278
ROHF         12.747                        
density functional LSDA 8.713     13.800 13.222     13.516                  
BLYP         12.481                        
B1B95 8.782 12.622 12.622 13.739           12.719       12.871      
B3LYP 8.682 12.334 12.334 13.482           12.718   13.142          
B3LYPultrafine                           12.929   13.001  
B3PW91 8.755 12.484 12.484 13.567                          
mPW1PW91 8.838 12.502 12.502 13.578 12.830 12.830 13.043 13.032 13.071       12.849 12.758      
M06-2X     12.601   12.657                        
PBEPBEultrafine         12.556                        
HSEh1PBE   12.471                              
TPSSh         12.630   12.842     12.429       12.591      
wB97X-D     12.539   12.825   13.017   13.012     12.903 13.017 12.677   12.718  
B97D3   12.195     12.690   12.938   12.897   12.810 12.887   12.674   12.753  
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 4.080 8.303 8.303 9.080 10.666                 12.299      
MP2=FULL 3.303 8.300 8.300 9.077                     11.782    
MP3=FULL         12.199   12.382                    
Configuration interaction CID   12.126     12.602                        
CISD   12.060     12.575                        
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   11.164     12.010 12.300 12.542 12.419         12.235 12.420      
Coupled Cluster CCD   11.436   12.648 12.132 12.132 12.327 12.253         12.093        
CCSD         12.156                        
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 14.621 13.481 14.528 13.467 14.546 14.541     13.291
density functional B3LYP 13.515 12.931 13.469 12.949 13.456 13.442     13.001
PBEPBE                 12.667
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 9.051   9.025   8.987 8.976      
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.