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Calculated Ionization Energy for CH3OH (Methyl alcohol)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 10.84 ± 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 G3B3 10.790
G4 10.767

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-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 6.847 8.911 8.911 9.281 9.380       9.403 9.350 9.501 9.454 9.337 9.431 9.467 9.483 9.478 9.482 9.477 9.477
ROHF                     9.676       9.643     9.659 9.636 9.652
density functional LSDA   10.353     10.626 10.615 10.873 10.747 10.794 10.640     10.610 10.855   10.911 10.944      
BLYP 7.820 9.691 9.691 10.028 9.982 9.974 10.276 10.114 10.113 9.953 10.336 10.259 9.925 10.199   10.307 10.336   10.306 10.335
B1B95 8.106 9.973 9.973 10.285 10.245 10.245 10.436 10.312 10.309 10.211   10.410 10.177 10.367   10.446        
B3LYP 8.117 10.035 10.035 10.368 10.329 10.317 10.568 10.429 10.426 10.294   10.550 10.264 10.497   10.562 10.589      
B3LYPultrafine         10.329               10.265 10.497   10.562 10.589      
B3PW91 8.160 10.082 10.082 10.381 10.338 10.324 10.530 10.414 10.409 10.299   10.504 10.272 10.459   10.539     10.537  
mPW1PW91 8.136 10.077 10.077 10.376 10.333 10.317 10.523 10.403 10.398 10.291   10.493 10.270 10.446   10.511 10.523      
M06-2X 8.321 10.297 10.297 10.556 10.516 10.497 10.686 10.609 10.601 10.488   10.702 10.429 10.682   10.657 10.749      
PBEPBE 7.905 9.816 9.816 10.120 10.068 10.053 10.316 10.167 10.163 10.059 10.369 10.290 10.008 10.268   10.347 10.369   10.345 10.368
PBEPBEultrafine         10.068         10.059 10.369 10.326 10.008 10.267   10.347 10.369   10.345 10.368
PBE1PBE 8.062 10.030 10.030 10.331 10.287 10.287 10.477 10.352 10.346 10.244   10.449 10.220 10.401   10.465 10.480   10.481  
HSEh1PBE 8.054 10.024 10.024 10.326 10.283 10.267   10.351 10.345 10.240   10.451 10.214 10.402   10.463 10.480      
TPSSh         10.190   10.393             10.316            
wB97X-D     10.111   10.391   10.584   10.456     10.537 10.378 10.491   10.588 10.561   10.584  
B97D3   9.897     10.147   10.378   10.234 10.136 10.396 10.348 10.120 10.296 10.380 10.400 10.389 10.418 10.396 10.414
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-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 7.136 9.834 9.834 10.354 10.539 10.638 10.886 10.561 10.713 10.727   10.855 10.559 10.949   10.965 11.082      
MP2=FULL 7.137 9.836 9.836 10.356 10.538 10.639 10.887 10.562 10.713 10.716   10.857 10.560 10.946   10.961 11.079      
MP3         10.363                              
MP3=FULL         10.365   10.685                          
MP4   9.744     10.349       10.570     10.700 10.415 10.832   10.837 10.982      
MP4=FULL   9.745     10.350       10.572       10.417 10.835   10.839 10.982      
B2PLYP 7.765                                      
B2PLYP=FULL 7.765                                      
Configuration interaction CID   9.614 9.614 10.083 10.235     10.268                        
CISD   9.574 9.574 10.025 10.171     10.212                        
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-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   9.622 9.622 10.075 10.190 10.313 10.533 10.233 10.391 10.418   10.501 10.264 10.615   10.620 10.734      
QCISD(T)         10.199             10.538 10.274 10.654   10.651 10.785      
Coupled Cluster CCD   9.713 9.713 10.206 10.370 10.476 10.691 10.408 10.554 10.598   10.653 10.431 10.793   10.785 10.909      
CCSD         10.206             10.517 10.283 10.636   10.631 10.751      
CCSD=FULL         10.206                 10.639   10.633 10.756      
CCSD(T)         10.196             10.536 10.275     10.651 10.785      
CCSD(T)=FULL         10.201             10.538   10.666   10.652        
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 daug-cc-pVDZ 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 9.287 9.389 9.329 9.406 9.329 9.331     9.462
ROHF                 9.635
density functional BLYP                 10.281
B3LYP 10.408 10.374 10.471 10.444 10.463 10.459     10.546
PBEPBE                 10.287
PBEPBEultrafine                 10.319
wB97X-D       10.482          
B97D3                 10.372
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 10.425 10.636 10.517 10.698 10.491 10.495     11.003
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.