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Calculated Ionization Energy for CH3CO (Acetyl radical)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 7 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 6.964
G3 7.006
G3B3 6.984
G4 7.032
CBS-Q 7.013

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 5.105 6.511 6.511 6.887 6.539 6.521 6.645 6.510 6.493 6.371     6.451 6.747 6.565 6.515 6.515
density functional LSDA 5.642 7.020 7.020 7.392 7.235 7.228 7.489 7.336 7.322 7.129     7.223 7.346 7.456    
BLYP 5.371 6.558 6.558 6.935 6.767 6.758 7.054 6.876 6.865 6.658     6.761 6.897      
B1B95 5.481 6.695 6.695 7.027 6.740 6.799 7.000 6.966 6.837 6.679     6.768 6.766 6.868    
B3LYP 5.629 6.844 6.844 7.217   7.000 7.242 7.080 7.066 6.884   7.155 6.983 7.084 7.196 7.135  
B3LYPultrafine         7.011                     7.134  
B3PW91 5.643 6.903 6.903 7.226 7.020 7.008 7.197 7.058 7.044 6.890     6.977 7.045      
mPW1PW91 5.640 6.876 6.911 7.233 6.986 6.973 7.167 7.020 7.036 6.885     6.942 7.009      
M06-2X     6.864   8.414                        
PBEPBE 5.386 6.667     6.834 6.823 7.082 6.917 6.904 6.724     6.820 6.933      
PBE1PBE         8.527                        
HSEh1PBE   8.647     8.525   8.712             8.595      
TPSSh         8.461   8.643     6.842       8.532      
wB97X-D     6.856           6.986             7.002  
B97D3   6.757     6.867   7.077   6.920   6.972 6.995   6.926   6.981  
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2   5.843 5.843 6.239 6.363 6.409 6.631 6.414 6.466 6.410     6.397 6.645 6.681    
MP2=FULL   5.842 5.842 6.237 6.349 6.395 6.618 6.406 6.458       6.390 6.606      
MP3         6.584                        
MP3=FULL         8.082   8.316                    
MP4   5.923     6.424                        
B2PLYP         8.225                 6.892      
Configuration interaction CID   6.235 6.235 6.651 6.547     6.564                  
CISD   6.238 6.238 6.656 6.548     6.566                  
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   6.259 6.259 6.695 6.579 6.628 6.839 6.627         6.616        
QCISD(T)         6.545               6.588        
Coupled Cluster CCD   6.188 6.188 6.611 6.558 6.609 6.806 6.599         6.592        
CCSD         6.579                        
CCSD(T)         6.544               6.587 6.836      
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ 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 7.100 6.696 7.056 6.819 6.982 6.981     6.499
density functional B3LYP 7.551 7.273 7.536 7.276 7.369 7.361     7.110
PBEPBE                 6.963
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 6.452 6.571 6.447 6.572 6.310 6.306     6.668
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.