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Calculated Ionization Energy for C2H5 (Ethyl radical)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 8.117 ± 0.008 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 8.199

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 6.889 7.949 7.949 7.874 7.810 7.786 7.837 7.852 7.792 7.716   7.800 7.761 7.765 7.768 7.766 7.767 7.769 7.767
density functional LSDA 7.269 8.540 8.540 8.503 8.314 8.278 8.423 8.457 8.420 8.238     8.326 8.411   8.408      
BLYP 6.979 7.964 7.964 7.962 7.889 7.849 8.018 8.044 8.006 7.820     7.908 8.012          
B1B95 7.163 8.189 8.189 8.123 7.909 7.864 7.969 8.177 7.940 7.818     7.885 7.929   7.932 7.938    
B3LYP   8.261 8.261 8.242 8.140 8.093 8.224 8.251 8.209 8.053   8.231 8.131 8.204 8.214 8.202 8.215 8.219  
B3LYPultrafine         8.140                       8.214    
B3PW91 7.363 8.361 8.361 8.389 8.188 8.140 8.238 8.258 8.215 8.095     8.155 8.202          
mPW1PW91 7.383 8.469 8.469 8.404 8.195 8.143 8.243 8.259 8.214 8.096     8.159 8.202          
M06-2X     8.346   8.063                            
PBEPBE 7.090 8.222 8.222 8.180 8.004 7.959 8.102 8.115 8.073 7.922     7.999 8.076          
PBE1PBE         8.148                            
TPSSh         8.136   8.186     8.041       8.152          
wB97X-D     8.377   8.090   8.141   8.116     8.126 8.141 8.086     8.095    
B97D3         8.019   8.097   8.073   8.089 8.101   8.077     8.094    
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 6.579 8.004 8.004 7.971 7.748 7.781 7.884 7.863 7.915 7.815   7.902 7.858 7.995   7.962      
MP2=FULL 6.577 8.004 8.004 7.971 7.746 7.782 7.885 7.865 7.915 7.819     7.859 7.987   7.961      
MP3         7.811                            
MP3=FULL         7.811   7.956                        
MP4   8.013     7.768       7.955         8.044          
B2PLYP                           8.078          
Configuration interaction CID   8.117 8.117 8.078 7.840     7.931                      
CISD   8.097 8.097 8.064 7.833     7.926                      
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   8.088 8.088 8.061 7.844 7.887 7.983 7.957         7.965            
QCISD(T)         7.798                            
Coupled Cluster CCD   8.113 8.113 8.081 7.853 7.896 7.987 7.962         7.971            
CCSD         7.848                            
CCSD(T)         7.800               7.926 8.070   8.049 8.107    
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 7.866 7.840 7.917 7.847 7.945 7.947     7.771
density functional B3LYP 8.296 8.189 8.379 8.256 8.336 8.333     8.215
PBEPBE                 8.090
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 8.026 7.802 8.026 7.821 8.068 8.065     8.007
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.