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Calculated Ionization Energy for CH3 (Methyl radical)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 9.84 ± 0.01 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 G3 9.945
G3B3 9.905
G4 9.900
CBS-Q 9.899

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 8.081 9.132 9.132 9.054 9.010 8.998 9.044 9.027 9.026 8.995   9.038 8.997 9.039 9.048 9.024 9.044   9.039 9.041 9.044
ROHF   9.054 9.054 9.054 8.900 8.885 9.112 8.912 9.026     9.038 8.887 8.927 9.048 9.024 9.044 9.049      
density functional LSDA 9.201 10.380 10.380 10.356 10.355 10.366 10.495 10.487 10.501 10.374   10.527 10.417 10.527   10.511 10.543   10.527 10.530  
BLYP 8.694 9.646 9.646 9.633 9.623 9.630 9.782 9.763 9.774 9.640   9.811 9.702 9.809     9.829     9.812  
B1B95 8.789 9.729 9.729 9.690 9.673 9.551 9.773 9.748 9.759 9.681   9.785 9.710 9.781   9.777 9.793   9.786 9.783  
B3LYP 8.872 9.834 9.834 9.805 9.788 9.792 9.910 9.894 9.905 9.798   9.933 9.845 9.932 9.947 9.928 9.946 9.952 9.932 9.935  
B3LYPultrafine   9.834     9.788 9.791 9.910 9.894       9.933 9.844 9.933   9.928 9.946     9.935  
B3PW91 9.000 9.969 9.969 9.913 9.906 9.909 9.998 9.979 9.987 9.915   10.010 9.937 10.012           10.015  
mPW1PW91 8.994 9.962 9.962 9.904 9.896 9.897 9.988 9.965 9.973 9.903   10.001 9.928 10.001   9.985 10.014     10.004  
M06-2X   9.737 9.737 9.691 9.673 9.665 9.764 9.771 9.772 9.674   9.783 9.679 9.793   9.754 9.805     9.797  
PBEPBE 8.892 9.893 9.893 9.865 9.866 9.870 9.998 9.971 9.980 9.881   10.016 9.925 10.017   10.012 10.036   10.017 10.019  
PBEPBEultrafine   9.893     9.867 9.870 9.999 9.971       10.016 9.925 10.017   10.012 10.036     10.019  
PBE1PBE   9.933 9.933 9.884 9.876 9.876 9.969 9.944 9.952 9.882   9.979 9.908 9.981   9.968 9.993     9.983  
HSEh1PBE   9.928 9.928 9.876 9.868 9.869 9.962 9.938 9.946 9.875   9.973 9.901 9.976   9.961 9.988     9.979  
TPSSh   9.891 9.891 9.833 9.813 9.815 9.904 9.879   9.818   9.915 9.839 9.919   9.895 9.932     9.922  
wB97X-D     9.787   9.692   9.788   9.769     9.794 9.637 9.784     9.798        
B97D3   9.786     9.724   9.835   9.815   9.863 9.853   9.855     9.873        
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 7.945 9.358 9.358 9.325 9.397 9.470 9.553 9.507 9.604 9.589   9.597 9.547 9.737 9.783 9.656 9.770 9.797 9.737 9.739  
MP2=FULL   9.358 9.358 9.326 9.403 9.477 9.560 9.516 9.612 9.599   9.605 9.552 9.753 9.801 9.661 9.786 9.815   9.752  
MP3         9.376   9.452         9.577 9.538 9.724           9.726  
MP3=FULL         9.382   9.540         9.585 9.542 9.740           9.739  
MP4   9.357     9.391       9.603     9.596 9.542 9.749   9.669 9.786     9.752  
MP4=FULL   9.358     9.397       9.611       9.546 9.766   9.674 9.802     9.766  
B2PLYP   9.611 9.611 9.580 9.587 9.611 9.714 9.688 9.725 9.653   9.742 9.670 9.787   9.761 9.807     9.790  
B2PLYP=FULL   9.611 9.611 9.580 9.588 9.613 9.715 9.691 9.727 9.656   9.744 9.671 9.792   9.762 9.812     9.794  
Configuration interaction CID   9.345 9.345 9.310 9.348     9.446           9.638           9.640  
CISD     9.352 9.317 9.359     9.458           9.651           9.652  
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   9.375 14.935 9.343 9.392 9.454 9.534 9.497 9.581 9.571   9.573 9.527 9.705   9.641 9.738     9.707  
QCISD(T)         9.404             9.602 9.547 9.750   9.675 9.788     9.752  
QCISD(T)=FULL         9.410   9.562           9.551 9.766 9.818 9.679 9.804 9.830   9.766  
QCISD(TQ)         9.404   9.556           9.549   9.799 9.678 9.788        
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         9.410   9.563           9.554 9.767 9.818 9.682 9.804        
Coupled Cluster CCD   9.366 9.366 9.335 9.378 9.443 9.520 9.482 9.568 9.555   9.558 9.515 9.689   9.625       9.690  
CCSD         9.389               9.525 9.703 9.745 9.639 9.735     9.705  
CCSD=FULL         9.395                 9.719 9.764 9.644 9.752     9.719  
CCSD(T)         9.403   9.554         9.601 9.547 9.750 9.798 9.674 9.787 9.811 9.750 9.752  
CCSD(T)=FULL         9.409             9.609 9.551 9.766 9.817 9.679 9.803 9.829   9.766  
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVTZ 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 8.982 8.926 9.055 8.984 9.105 9.107     9.047
density functional B3LYP 9.756 9.729 9.843 9.811 9.904 9.896     9.945
PBEPBE                 10.033
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 9.268 9.338 9.352 9.412 9.408 9.409     9.754
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.