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Calculated Ionization Energy for Ca (Calcium atom)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 6.11316 ± 0.00002 eV
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Ionization Energies in eV
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
PM6  
composite G1 6.190
G2MP2 6.208
G2 6.173
G3B3 6.196
G3MP2 6.265
G4 6.065

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
hartree fock HF 4.014 5.118 5.108 5.128 5.122 5.122 5.122 5.119 5.119 5.119   5.119    
density functional LSDA 5.937 6.133 6.615 6.670 6.638 6.638 6.638 6.648 6.648 6.635        
BLYP 5.284 6.103 6.063 6.092 6.062 6.062 6.062 6.070 6.070 6.061        
B1B95     5.885 226.304     5.908 5.911 5.911          
B3LYP 5.352   6.148 6.179 6.151 6.151 6.150 6.156 6.156 6.148   6.146    
B3PW91 5.220 6.023 5.983 6.032 6.005 6.005 6.005 6.006 6.006 6.004        
mPW1PW91 5.168 6.012 5.973 6.011 5.983 5.983 5.983 5.983 5.983 5.983        
M06-2X     6.314                      
PBEPBE 5.298 6.113 6.068 6.111 6.079 6.079 6.078 6.083 6.083 6.077        
PBE1PBE         6.003                  
TPSSh         5.978   5.978     5.979       5.964
wB97X-D     6.017   6.074   6.074   6.072     6.061 6.074 6.058
B97D3   6.576     6.549   6.549   6.543   6.457 6.533   6.537
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
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 4.441 5.499 5.595 5.511 5.659 5.659 5.660 5.779 5.779 5.796   5.520    
MP2=FULL 4.445 5.504 5.631 5.511 5.659 5.659 5.660 5.782 5.782 5.796        
MP3             5.812              
MP3=FULL         5.812   5.812              
MP4   5.782     5.871       5.955          
B2PLYP                           5.954
Configuration interaction CID   5.830     5.858                  
CISD   5.831     5.865                  
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
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   5.831   5.816 5.884 5.884 5.885 5.935 5.935 5.927        
QCISD(T)         5.897                  
Coupled Cluster CCD   5.830   5.815 5.876 5.876 5.877 5.917 5.917 5.914        
CCSD         5.884                  
CCSD(T)         5.897                  
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

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 5.295   5.295   5.311 5.153     5.119
density functional B3LYP 6.109   6.109   6.439 6.208     6.146
PBEPBE                 6.076
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 5.694   5.694   5.690 5.888     5.623
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.