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Calculated Ionization Energy for Li3 (Lithium trimer)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 4.08 ± 0.05 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 4.067
G3 4.157
G3B3 4.175
G4 4.164
CBS-Q 4.190

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 3.187 3.867 3.867 3.838 3.890 3.890 3.901 3.956 3.956 3.932   3.750 3.968 3.993 3.994 3.979 3.995 3.994 3.995
density functional LSDA 4.061 4.597 4.597 4.594 4.602 4.602 4.611 4.643 4.643 4.615   4.606 4.637 4.649   4.637 4.651    
BLYP 3.603 4.109 4.109 4.091 4.097 4.097 4.110 4.124 4.124 4.101   4.089 4.135 4.132          
B1B95 3.486 4.048 4.048 4.051 4.069 4.069   4.085 4.085 4.066   4.069 4.096 4.098   4.096 4.098    
B3LYP 3.666 4.189 4.189 4.175 4.183 4.183 4.194 4.214 4.214 4.187   4.171 4.222 4.221 4.221 4.221 4.222 4.220  
B3LYPultrafine   4.189     4.183 4.183 4.194 4.214       4.171 4.222 4.222   4.221 4.222    
B3PW91 3.641 4.206 4.206 4.209 4.223 4.223 4.230 4.252 4.252 4.235   4.195 4.258 4.263          
mPW1PW91 3.630 4.207 4.207 4.204 4.219 4.219 4.227 4.253 4.253 4.232   4.189 4.258 4.264   4.259 4.266    
M06-2X 3.502 3.944 3.944 3.994 4.017 4.017 4.031 4.036 4.036 4.016   4.024 4.031 4.040   4.034 4.043    
PBEPBE 3.722 4.274 4.274 4.264 4.274 4.274 4.283 4.300 4.300 4.281   4.252 4.312 4.310   4.309 4.311    
PBEPBEultrafine   4.274     4.274 4.274 4.283 4.300       4.252 4.312 4.310   4.309 4.311    
PBE1PBE 3.640 4.218 4.218 4.212 4.225 4.225   4.257 4.257 4.237   4.197 4.266 4.269   4.265 4.271    
HSEh1PBE 3.644 4.220 4.220 4.213 4.226 4.226   4.258 4.258 4.236   4.200 4.266 4.270   4.266 4.270    
TPSSh   4.204 4.204 4.197 4.220 4.220 4.227 4.259       4.189 4.269 4.278   4.271 4.280    
wB97X-D     3.916   3.937   3.945   3.968     3.919 3.945 3.992     3.994    
B97D3   4.023     4.051   4.061   4.062   4.076 4.022   4.077     4.087    
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 3.083 3.799 3.799 3.780   3.780 3.795   3.841 3.780   3.772 3.829 3.836 3.823 3.836 3.833 3.822  
MP2=FULL 3.086 3.801 3.801 3.782 3.785 3.785 3.799 3.850 3.850 3.804   3.775 3.835 3.850 3.852 3.844 3.852 3.851  
MP3         3.773   3.789         3.800 3.814 3.827          
MP3=FULL         3.778   3.794         3.803 3.821 3.844          
MP4   3.818     3.795       3.855     3.824 3.835 3.852   3.843 3.851    
MP4=FULL   3.821     3.800       3.867       3.842 3.870   3.853 3.874    
B2PLYP 3.415 4.005 4.005 3.988 3.999 3.999 4.013 4.040 4.040 4.007   3.974 4.043 4.049   4.046 4.050    
B2PLYP=FULL 3.416 4.006 4.006 3.990 4.000 4.000 4.014 4.044 4.044 4.013   3.975 4.046       4.056    
Configuration interaction CID   3.825 3.825 3.813 3.798     3.857                      
CISD         3.959     4.024                      
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   3.982 3.982 3.963 3.976 3.976 3.990 4.041 4.041 3.990   3.884 4.032 4.049   4.043 4.049    
QCISD(T)         4.005             3.897 4.064 4.085   4.073 4.087    
QCISD(T)=FULL         4.009   4.023           4.070 4.102 4.126 4.083 4.107 4.126  
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         4.022   4.037           4.085 4.117 4.141 4.098 4.122    
Coupled Cluster CCD   3.825 3.825 3.813 3.798 3.798 3.814 3.857 3.857 3.789   3.819 3.839 3.847   3.847 3.845    
CCSD         3.976             3.882 4.032 4.049 4.045 4.042 4.049 4.045  
CCSD=FULL         3.980             3.884 4.040 4.064 4.083 4.052 4.068 4.082  
CCSD(T)         4.003             3.895 4.062 4.081 4.081 4.072 4.079 4.084  
CCSD(T)=FULL         4.005             3.898 4.066 4.097 4.122 4.079 4.101 4.121  
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 3.874 3.938 3.935 3.985 3.897 3.912     3.946
density functional B3LYP 4.070 4.079 4.126 4.132 4.214 4.210     4.213
PBEPBE                 4.304
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 3.782 3.789 3.867 3.862 3.826 3.845     3.850
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.