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Calculated Ionization Energy for CH (Methylidyne)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 10.64 ± 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
semi-empirical PM3  
composite G2 10.570
G3 10.649
G3B3 10.644
G4 10.633
CBS-Q 10.591

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 8.535 10.153 10.153 10.068 10.061 10.058 10.146 10.139 10.143 10.104     10.123 10.175 10.186 10.180 10.188 10.191 10.175 10.187
density functional LSDA 9.572     11.308 11.287     11.428                     11.474  
BLYP 9.145 10.728 10.728 10.687 10.664 10.669 10.846 10.802 10.808 10.707     10.764 10.857         10.857  
B1B95 9.157 10.693 10.693 10.626 10.600 10.558 10.732 10.697 10.703 10.636     10.680 10.737   10.761 10.758   10.737  
B3LYP 9.332 10.905 10.905 10.851 10.827 10.830 10.978 10.945 10.951 10.866   10.990 10.916 10.992 11.009 11.013 11.016 11.020 10.992  
B3LYPultrafine         10.827                       11.016      
B3PW91 9.391 10.985 10.985 10.897 10.884 10.887 11.005 10.977 10.982 10.919     10.958 11.019         11.020  
mPW1PW91 9.380 10.963 10.963 10.876 10.865 10.868 10.989 10.957 10.961 10.900     10.941 11.003         10.989  
M06-2X     10.609   10.518           10.699                  
PBEPBE 9.256 10.885 10.885 10.827 10.816 10.819 10.974 10.929 10.934 10.852     10.905 10.983         10.983  
HSEh1PBE         11.012                              
TPSSh         10.796   10.911     10.823       10.927            
wB97X-D     10.829   10.695   10.819   10.790     10.823 10.811 10.822     10.839      
B97D3   10.783     10.684   10.827   10.788   10.855 10.837   10.836     10.863     10.863
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 8.267 10.163 10.163 10.109 10.263 10.296 10.411 10.420 10.466 10.478   10.451 10.425 10.622 10.671 10.542 10.659 10.688 10.622  
MP2=FULL 8.263 10.161 10.161 10.106 10.268 10.301 10.417 10.425 10.471 10.485     10.426 10.636 10.689 10.544   10.706 10.636  
MP3         10.217                              
MP3=FULL         10.223   10.374                          
MP4   10.023     10.176                              
B2PLYP                           10.786            
Configuration interaction CID   9.981 9.981 9.924 10.114     10.275                        
CISD     9.974 9.917 10.116     10.279                        
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   9.962 15.406 9.906 10.112 10.142 10.254 10.280 10.320 10.357     10.285 10.496         10.496  
QCISD(T)         10.120               10.296 10.526   10.437 10.567   10.526  
Coupled Cluster CCD   9.969 9.969 9.914 10.110 10.141 10.251 10.274 10.317 10.349     10.282 10.486   10.407 10.521   10.486  
CCSD(T)         10.118               10.295 10.525 10.578 10.436 10.565 10.593 10.525  
CCSD(T)=FULL         10.125                   10.601     10.616    
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 10.223 10.201 10.145 10.120 10.185 10.176     10.187
density functional B3LYP 10.990 10.957 10.922 10.891 11.009 10.981     11.010
PBEPBE                 11.003
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 10.221 10.376 10.175 10.329 10.233 10.226     10.639
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.