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Calculated Ionization Energy for Na2 (Sodium diatomic)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 4.892 ± 0.003 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 4.822
G3 4.960
G3B3 4.969
G3MP2 4.836
G4 4.880
CBS-Q 4.864

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 daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF -4.411 3.955 3.929 3.988 3.964 3.964 3.966 3.981 3.981 3.960   4.008 3.950 3.958 3.958 3.954 3.959 3.958 3.958 3.958
density functional LSDA -1.216 5.411 5.901 5.610 5.602 5.602 5.603 5.607 5.607 5.616   5.605 5.582 5.583 5.596 5.588 5.584 5.598 5.583  
BLYP -1.840 5.099 5.378 5.093 5.083 5.083 5.084 5.086 5.086 5.086   5.091 5.070 5.068   5.076 5.071      
B1B95 -2.438   4.891 4.839 4.827 4.827           4.833 4.809 4.778     4.802   4.778  
B3LYP -2.000 5.141 5.376 5.150 5.138 5.138 5.138 5.135 5.135 5.134   5.150 5.123 5.116 5.123 5.127 5.117 5.126 5.116  
B3LYPultrafine   5.141     5.138 5.138 5.138 5.135       5.150 5.123 5.116   5.127 5.117      
B3PW91 -2.301 4.859 4.849 4.901 4.885 4.885 4.885 4.884 4.884 4.875   4.902 4.865 4.859   4.867 4.860      
mPW1PW91 -2.413 4.908 4.897 4.904 4.886 4.886 4.887 4.885 4.885 4.874   4.906 4.865 4.859   4.867 4.860   4.859  
M06-2X -2.414 5.116 5.262 5.262 5.257 5.257 5.257 5.256 5.256 5.262 5.257 5.261 5.237 5.234   5.242 5.236      
PBEPBE -1.975 5.063 5.278 5.076 5.062 5.062 5.062 5.063 5.063 5.051   5.073 5.043 5.040 5.045 5.048 5.040 5.047 5.040  
PBEPBEultrafine   5.063     5.062 5.062 5.062 5.063       5.073 5.043 5.040   5.048 5.040      
PBE1PBE -2.385   5.079 4.956 4.939 4.939 4.939 4.938 4.938 4.927   4.958 4.920 4.915   4.922 4.915      
HSEh1PBE -2.343 4.946 5.094 4.965 4.948 4.948 4.948 4.946 4.946 4.936   4.966 4.930 4.924   4.932 4.924      
TPSSh -2.395 4.971 4.959 4.924 4.906 4.906 4.906 4.904 4.904 4.891   4.929 4.883 4.878 4.877 4.885 4.878 4.878    
wB97X-D -2.400 4.660 4.630 4.765 4.736 4.736 4.735 4.756 4.756 4.736   4.742 4.710 4.715 4.730 4.711 4.715 4.733    
B97D3 -1.830 5.121 5.122 5.148 5.124 5.124 5.124 5.157 5.157 5.112 5.138 5.113 5.106 5.121   5.105 5.116 5.125   5.117
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 daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2   4.338 4.405 4.382 4.442 4.423 4.424 4.435 4.435 4.470   4.462 4.420 4.489 4.494 4.481 4.482   4.489  
MP2=FULL -3.672 4.346 4.401 4.391 4.458 4.458 4.460 4.505 4.505 4.609   4.406 4.435 4.569 4.714 4.452 4.585      
MP3         4.559   4.561         4.511 4.564 4.596            
MP3=FULL         4.595   4.597                          
MP4   4.544     4.616       4.627     4.572 4.623 4.651   4.627 4.651      
MP4=FULL   4.551     4.653       4.700       4.637 4.749   4.650 4.761      
B2PLYP         4.909   4.882         4.930   4.981   4.906        
B2PLYP=FULL -2.634 4.869 5.063 4.879 4.895 4.895 4.895 4.907 4.907 4.939   4.882 4.875 4.914   4.882 4.920      
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine -2.634 4.869 5.063 4.879   4.894 4.895 4.907 4.907 4.939   4.882       4.882        
Configuration interaction CID   4.581 4.614 4.619 4.655     4.668                        
CISD   4.589 4.618 4.627 4.660     4.672                        
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 daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   4.589 4.618 4.627 4.660 4.660 4.661 4.672 4.672 4.697   4.618 4.668 4.698   4.673 4.698   4.698  
QCISD(T)         4.660     4.672       4.618 4.668 4.698   4.673 4.698      
QCISD(T)=FULL         4.694   4.697           4.681 4.792 4.921 4.694 4.805 6.561    
Coupled Cluster CCD   4.581 4.614 4.619 4.655 4.655 4.657 4.668 4.668 4.692   4.609 4.664 4.694   4.669 4.694      
CCSD         4.660         4.697   4.618 4.668 4.698 4.700 4.673 4.698 4.700    
CCSD=FULL         4.688         4.813   4.635 4.678 4.778 4.901 4.690 4.789      
CCSD(T)         4.660 4.660 4.661 4.672 4.672 4.697   4.618 4.668 4.698 4.700 4.673 4.698 4.700 4.698  
CCSD(T)=FULL         110.688             4.649 4.681 4.792 4.920 4.694 4.804 6.557    
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 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 3.821 3.833 4.011 3.984 3.853 3.988     3.957
density functional B3LYP 4.671 4.663 4.802 4.779 4.686 5.150     5.128
PBEPBE                 5.051
wB97X-D 4.569 4.574 4.743 4.718 4.598 4.765      
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 4.200 4.289 4.385 4.425 4.244 4.382     4.429
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.