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Calculated Ionization Energy for NH4 (Ammonium radical)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 4.73 ± 0.06 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 AM1  
PM3  
PM6  
composite G2 5.099
G3 5.467
G3B3 5.391
G4 5.310
CBS-Q 5.442

Ionization Energies in eV
Methods with standard basis sets
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     2.606 2.630 2.584 3.561 3.265 3.258 2.554   3.484 2.945 3.393 3.652 4.118 4.109 4.108 4.111
density functional BLYP 3.745 3.745 4.003 4.050 4.022 4.584 4.481 4.468 3.984   4.645 4.281 4.548   4.990 4.964    
B1B95     3.569 3.606 3.606 4.247 4.096 4.083 3.543   4.251 3.856 4.167   4.660 4.642    
B3LYP     3.912 3.950 3.920 4.552 4.424 4.412 3.884   4.588 4.201 4.497 4.671 4.960 4.938 4.937  
B3LYPultrafine       3.950 3.920 4.552 4.424       4.588 4.201 4.497   4.960 4.938    
B3PW91     3.821 3.866 3.840 4.430 4.309 4.296 3.810   4.459 4.087 4.372   4.824 4.804    
mPW1PW91     3.751 3.797 3.766 4.379 4.248 4.234 3.737   4.396 4.024 4.310   4.786 4.765    
M06-2X 3.313 3.315 3.621 3.666 3.604 4.284 4.351   3.575   4.373 3.957     4.601 4.605    
PBEPBE     3.991 4.043 4.017 4.568 4.464 4.451 3.987   4.624 4.264 4.530   4.990 4.968    
PBEPBEultrafine       4.043 4.016 4.568 4.464       4.624 4.264 4.530   4.990 4.968    
PBE1PBE     3.734 3.779 3.779 4.373 4.237 4.224 3.720   4.395 4.011 4.307   4.795 4.777    
HSEh1PBE     3.745 3.785 3.755 4.397 4.260 4.246 3.724   4.416 4.028     4.812 4.793    
TPSSh     3.808 3.974   4.286 4.186 4.173     4.334 4.011 4.242 4.413 4.705 4.679 4.683  
wB97X-D     3.489 3.533 3.522 4.158 4.022 4.014 3.492   4.144 3.779 4.069 4.239 4.578 4.553    
B97D3     3.772     4.176 4.132 4.126   4.259 4.239 3.974 4.158 4.293 4.569 4.553 4.555  
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 2.464 2.464 2.995 3.121 3.157 4.075 3.821 3.920 3.189   4.106 3.610 4.105 4.326 4.617 4.622    
MP2=FULL 2.461 2.461 2.993 3.117 3.147 4.069 3.818 3.914 3.173   4.102 3.603 4.087   4.614 4.611 4.613  
MP3       3.094   4.042         4.072 3.583 4.064          
MP3=FULL 2.463 2.463 2.982 3.089 3.116 4.037 3.786 3.879 3.145   4.068 3.576 4.045   4.592 4.580    
MP4 2.551     3.175       3.953     4.140 3.648 4.142   4.653 4.661    
MP4=FULL 2.549     3.170       3.945       3.641 4.121   4.650 4.649    
B2PLYP     3.513 3.582 3.567 4.301 4.126 4.153 3.561   4.331 3.906 4.273   4.762 4.753    
B2PLYP=FULL     3.513 3.581 3.564 4.299 4.125   3.556   4.330 3.904 4.267   4.761 4.749    
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine     3.513   3.564 4.299 4.125 4.151 3.556   4.330       4.761      
Configuration interaction CID 2.513 2.513 2.964 3.045     3.716                      
CISD     2.995 3.076     3.724                      
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     3.078 3.191 3.199 4.045 3.803 3.891 3.240   4.075 3.602 4.060   4.609 4.609    
QCISD(T)       3.241     3.860       4.143 3.670 4.141   4.666 4.672    
QCISD(T)=FULL       3.236   4.090           3.659 4.120 4.346 4.662 4.660 4.660  
Coupled Cluster CCD 2.530 2.530 3.012 3.109 3.130 4.026 3.785 3.868 3.157   4.054 3.570 4.036   4.574 4.567    
CCSD       3.182         3.231   4.074 3.600 4.058 4.278 4.607 4.606    
CCSD=FULL       3.177         3.210   4.069 3.592 4.037 4.263 4.603 4.594    
CCSD(T)       3.238 3.254 4.095 3.858       4.141 3.666 4.143 4.361 4.665 4.672 4.671  
CCSD(T)=FULL       3.233             4.137 3.659 4.122 4.345 4.661 4.659 4.660  
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     3.439 3.424         3.496
density functional B3LYP 3.757   4.564 4.553 3.754 3.753     4.583
PBEPBE                 4.619
wB97X-D 3.297   4.111 4.113 3.320 3.320      
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 2.749 2.815 3.924 4.010 2.831 2.844     4.188
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.