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Calculated Ionization Energy for HNC (hydrogen isocyanide)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 12.5 ± 0.1 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 G4 12.064

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-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 8.568 10.515 10.515 10.492 10.609 10.612 10.751 10.691 10.695 10.612 10.727 10.714 10.664 10.707 10.710 10.736 10.723 10.715 10.721
density functional BLYP 10.457 11.657 11.657 11.726 11.765 11.766 12.022 11.906   11.792     11.827 11.947          
B1B95 10.611 11.880 11.880 11.935 11.873 12.029 12.107 12.027 12.031       11.981 11.984          
B3LYP 10.630 11.893 11.893 11.950 11.981 11.982 12.200 12.104   11.997 12.171 12.160 12.039 12.134 12.149 12.204 12.169 12.163  
B3LYPultrafine                                 12.169    
B3PW91 10.590 11.876 11.876 11.891 11.910 11.911 12.078 12.003   11.912     11.963 12.017     12.040    
mPW1PW91 10.531 11.815 11.839 11.828 11.843 11.844 12.017 11.930   11.863     11.894 11.949          
M06-2X     11.881   11.922         11.930       12.054     12.072    
PBEPBE 10.482 11.730 11.730 11.764 11.787 11.788 12.005 11.899   11.802     11.847 11.935   12.005 11.978    
PBEPBEultrafine         11.787                            
PBE1PBE         11.834                            
HSEh1PBE   11.787     11.821   11.999             11.941          
TPSSh         11.836   12.004     11.828       11.944          
wB97X-D     11.961   11.981   12.151   12.082     12.099 12.056 12.067     12.089    
B97D3   11.909     11.893   12.091   12.012   12.064 12.057   12.028     12.063    
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-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 9.826 11.502 11.502 11.681 11.945 11.974 12.179 12.086 12.119 12.147   12.111 12.073 12.319   12.301 12.391    
MP2=FULL   11.507 11.507 11.685 11.938 11.968 12.173 12.090 12.123 12.123     12.075 12.298   12.302 12.370    
MP3         11.852                            
MP3=FULL         11.844   12.060                        
MP4   11.491                       12.353          
B2PLYP         11.777         11.857       12.003     12.049    
Configuration interaction CID     11.183 11.307 11.672     11.802                      
CISD     10.962 11.041 11.503     11.643                      
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-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   10.831 10.831 10.902 11.454 11.482 11.668 11.617 11.647 11.699     11.582 11.849     11.903    
Coupled Cluster CCD   11.254 11.254 11.403 11.825 11.854   11.973         11.961            
CCSD         11.455         11.701       11.853     11.908    
CCSD=FULL         11.450         11.690       11.843     11.898    
CCSD(T)         11.504                 11.927          
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-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 10.533 10.688 10.509 10.660 10.533 10.531     10.712
density functional B3LYP 12.074 12.097 12.073 12.078 12.082 12.070     12.153
PBEPBE                 11.956
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 11.867 12.161 11.915 12.141 11.863 11.873     12.323
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.