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Calculated Ionization Energy for CO2 (Carbon dioxide)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 13.777 ± 0.001 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 G4 13.693

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 8.326 11.963 11.963 12.131 12.313 12.313 12.386 12.334 12.334 12.226   12.342 12.256 12.309 12.327 12.337 12.329 12.331 12.326
density functional LSDA                                 14.478    
BLYP 10.429 12.972 12.972 13.279 13.219 13.219 13.472 13.378 13.378 13.146   13.478 13.171 13.393          
B1B95 10.689 13.324 13.324 13.554 13.538 13.540 13.689 13.618 13.618 13.458   13.669 13.485 13.608 13.638 13.648 13.644 13.648  
B3LYP 10.637 13.301 13.301 13.583 13.551 13.551 13.752 13.675 13.675 13.473   13.749 13.495 13.679 13.716 13.715 13.724 13.728  
B3LYPultrafine         13.551               13.495 13.679   13.716 13.724    
B3PW91 10.742 13.435 13.435 13.641 13.608 13.608 13.752 13.699 13.699 13.519   13.739 13.556 13.677          
mPW1PW91 10.681 13.406 13.406 13.603 13.578 13.578 13.724 13.660 13.660 13.487   13.708 13.527 13.641   13.683 13.678    
M06-2X 10.646 13.571 13.571 13.737 13.759 13.759 13.900 13.876 13.876 13.706   13.911 13.709 13.903   13.868 13.932    
PBEPBE 10.642 13.209 13.209 13.452 13.389 13.389 13.593 13.511 13.511 13.308   13.596 13.348 13.515 13.556 13.562 13.567 13.571  
PBEPBEultrafine         13.389               13.348 13.515   13.562 13.567    
PBE1PBE 10.622 13.359 13.359 13.571 13.545 13.545 13.693 13.627 13.627 13.456   13.684 13.496 13.617   13.655 13.655    
HSEh1PBE 10.610 13.356 13.356 13.562 13.536 13.536 13.686 13.621 13.621 13.446   13.682 13.482 13.613   13.644 13.649    
TPSSh         13.396   13.547     13.307       13.478          
wB97X-D     13.477   13.659   13.794   13.724     13.737 14.083 13.669     13.697    
B97D3   13.269     13.393   13.569   13.497   13.548 13.570   13.486     13.534    
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 10.348 13.609 13.609 14.124   14.197 14.360   14.203 14.310   14.279 14.091 14.470 14.624 14.426 14.589    
MP2=FULL 10.349 13.611 13.611 14.126 14.202 14.202 14.365 14.211 14.211 14.318   14.285 14.096 14.482 14.637 14.430      
MP3         13.581                            
MP4   13.349     13.778       13.816     13.883 13.678 14.091   14.016 14.216    
MP4=FULL   13.350     13.780       13.823       13.681 14.099   14.019 14.221    
B2PLYP 10.370 13.215 13.215 13.539 13.566 13.567 13.750 13.650 13.650 13.551   13.725 13.500 13.734   13.747 13.802    
Configuration interaction CID   12.772 12.772 13.144 13.409     13.407                      
CISD     12.575 12.908 13.203     13.223                      
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   12.414 12.414 12.758 13.146 13.146 13.284 13.182 13.182 13.317   13.221 13.065 13.445   13.353 13.544    
QCISD(T)         13.210             13.306 13.131 13.531   13.445 13.646    
Coupled Cluster CCD   12.880 12.880 13.322 13.589 13.589 13.726 13.586 13.586 13.725   13.627 13.487 13.851   13.790 13.953    
CCSD         13.181             13.253 13.098 13.477 13.625 13.387 13.576    
CCSD=FULL         13.188             13.263 13.104 13.499 13.648 13.393 13.602 13.685  
CCSD(T)         13.231             13.328 13.151 13.555 13.713 13.466 13.669    
CCSD(T)=FULL         13.237             13.335 13.156 13.574 13.734 13.471 13.692 13.776  
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 12.056 12.249 11.998 12.288 12.054 12.052     12.327
density functional B3LYP 13.596 13.511 13.522 13.546 13.659 13.642     13.709
PBEPBE                 13.547
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 14.203 14.229 14.190 14.243 14.245 14.246     14.505
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.