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Calculated Ionization Energy for NH (Imidogen)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 13.1 ± 0.2 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
semi-empirical PM3  
composite G4 13.452

Ionization Energies in eV
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF         12.846           12.831         12.812 12.836
ROHF         12.769                        
density functional LSDA 12.617     14.254 14.233   14.267                 14.303  
BLYP         13.375                     13.445  
B1B95                               13.479  
B3LYP                     13.643         13.611  
B3LYPultrafine                             13.670    
B3PW91                               13.713  
mPW1PW91                               13.671  
M06-2X     13.275   13.453                        
PBEPBE                               13.656  
PBE1PBE         13.635                        
HSEh1PBE   10.673     13.422 13.507             13.444        
TPSSh         13.572 13.655     13.550       13.598        
wB97X-D     13.386   13.527 13.610   13.503     13.549 13.610 13.521   13.562    
B97D3   13.455     13.606 13.710   13.597   13.708 13.684   13.654   13.715    
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2         13.299   13.293       13.360         13.502  
MP2=FULL                           13.472   13.517  
MP3=FULL         13.226 13.334                      
MP4                         13.196        
B2PLYP         13.384               13.472        
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD                               13.313  
QCISD(T)                               13.334  
Coupled Cluster CCD                               13.306  
CCSD(T)                               13.333  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 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 cc-pV(T+d)Z 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                 12.831
density functional B3LYP                 13.649
PBEPBE                 13.698
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2                 13.532
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.