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Calculated Ionization Energy for Ar2 (Argon diatomic)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 14.501 ± 0.025 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 14.504
G3 14.444
G3B3 14.518
G4 14.446
CBS-Q 14.371

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 12.274 14.291 14.153 14.378 14.185 14.185 14.190 14.192 14.192 13.974   14.155 14.164 13.986 13.928 14.091 13.949 13.921 13.941
density functional LSDA 11.953   14.073 14.210 14.114 14.114 14.213 14.217 14.217 13.952   14.187 14.074 14.074   14.119 14.045    
BLYP 11.343 13.427 13.384 13.512 13.446 13.446 13.606     13.347   13.546 13.407 13.480          
B1B95 12.178   13.977 14.113 14.016 14.016 14.082 14.073 14.073 13.873   14.045 13.991 13.937   14.010 13.920    
B3LYP 11.944 13.977 13.923 14.065 13.976 13.976   14.072 14.072 13.849   14.040   13.950 13.928 14.016 13.947    
B3LYPultrafine   13.973                   14.041              
B3PW91 12.162 14.097 14.038       14.132 14.131 14.131 13.931       13.996     13.973    
mPW1PW91 12.190 14.122 14.054 14.196 14.094 14.094 14.153 14.148 14.148 13.941   14.117 14.072 14.000   14.076 13.980    
M06-2X 12.356 14.350 14.274 14.433 14.317 14.317 14.372 14.371 14.371 14.148   14.344 14.259 14.216   14.264 14.185    
PBEPBE 11.565 13.594 13.540 13.668 13.593 13.593 13.705 13.681 13.681 13.477   13.650 13.564 13.564   13.641 13.570    
PBEPBEultrafine   13.589     13.589 13.589 13.701 13.681       13.649 13.557 13.563   13.635 13.568    
PBE1PBE 12.093   13.996 14.144 14.041 14.041 14.101 14.091 14.091 13.887   14.060 14.017 13.942   14.022 13.925    
HSEh1PBE 12.074 14.040 13.973 14.115 14.013 14.013 14.076 14.071 14.071 13.864   14.039 13.988 13.925   13.997 13.906    
TPSSh 11.904   13.826 13.955 13.868 13.868 13.930 13.937 13.937 13.734   13.906 13.844 13.801 13.761 13.858 13.788 13.764  
wB97X-D 12.266 14.254 14.185 14.325 14.216 14.216 14.259 14.259 14.259 14.058   14.229 14.192 14.112 14.074 14.181 14.081 14.074  
B97D3                     13.642                
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   14.275 14.281 14.367 14.323 14.323 14.336 14.339 14.339 14.395   14.383 14.355 14.429 14.476 14.458 14.425 14.484  
MP2=FULL   14.269 14.273 14.360 14.315 14.315 14.329 14.328 14.328 14.389   14.372 14.351 14.415 14.466 14.447 14.402 14.466  
MP3         14.275   14.287         14.341 14.313 14.406          
MP3=FULL   14.278 14.231 14.357 14.265 14.265 14.278 14.279 14.279 14.360   14.328 14.306 14.387   14.401 14.368    
MP4   14.277     14.226       14.244     14.285 14.260 14.353   14.360 14.349    
MP4=FULL   14.270     14.216       14.230       14.253 14.335   14.347 14.321    
B2PLYP   14.118 14.068 14.213 14.118 14.118 14.186 14.178 14.178 14.047   14.170 14.105 14.114   14.179 14.110    
B2PLYP=FULL   14.117 14.065 14.211 14.115 14.115 14.184 14.175 14.175 14.045   14.167 14.104 14.110   14.176 14.104    
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine   14.114 14.062 14.209   14.113   14.175   14.044   14.166       14.173      
Configuration interaction CID   14.291 14.240 14.366 14.270     14.289                      
CISD   14.278 14.222 14.353 14.252     14.274                      
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   14.276 14.220 14.352 14.252 14.252 14.265 14.273 14.273 14.335   14.316 14.288 14.375   14.376 14.359    
QCISD(T)         14.215     14.232       14.273 14.248 14.337   14.344 14.330    
QCISD(T)=FULL         14.205   14.221           14.241 14.320 14.398 14.331 14.304 14.393  
QCISD(TQ)         14.210   14.224           14.243 14.333 14.408 14.338 14.325 14.411  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         14.200   14.215           14.237 14.316   14.325      
Coupled Cluster CCD   14.291 14.246 14.367 14.278 14.278 14.290 14.296 14.296 14.372   14.343 14.316 14.410   14.409 14.396    
CCSD         14.253         14.338   14.318 14.290 14.377 14.448 14.379 14.362 14.450  
CCSD=FULL         14.244         14.329   14.306 14.284 14.361 14.435 14.366 14.337 14.429  
CCSD(T)         14.215 14.215   14.232       14.274 14.249 14.339 14.414 14.344 14.332 14.418  
CCSD(T)=FULL         14.205             14.261 14.242 14.321 14.400 14.331 14.306 14.395  
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 14.540   14.442   14.460 14.378     13.971
density functional B3LYP 14.200       14.055 14.065     13.919
PBEPBE                 13.535
wB97X-D 14.437   14.356   14.398 14.325      
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 14.506   14.431   14.386 14.367     14.417
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.