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Calculated Ionization Energy for CH4 (Methane)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 12.61 ± 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 G2 12.343
G3 12.305
G3B3 12.521
G4 12.392
CBS-Q 12.326

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 11.408 11.921 11.921 11.844 11.777             11.525             11.481
density functional BLYP 11.766 12.254 12.254 12.208 12.174 12.118 12.207 12.283 12.216 12.081     12.064 12.215          
B1B95 12.067 12.499 12.499 12.445 12.419 12.193 12.388 12.449 12.365 12.302     12.263 12.353 12.360 12.297      
B3LYP 12.082 12.563 12.563 12.505   12.406 12.468 12.540 12.462 12.362     12.335 12.455 12.461 12.391 12.455 12.461  
B3LYPultrafine         12.474                            
B3PW91 12.105 12.566 12.566 12.495 12.457 12.383 12.423 12.487 12.400 12.334     12.300 12.384          
mPW1PW91 12.096 12.558 12.558 12.485 12.445 12.365 12.406 12.469 12.378 12.313     12.284 12.360          
M06-2X     12.661                                
PBEPBE 11.847 12.347 12.347 12.289 12.247 12.180 12.251 12.316 12.238 12.138     12.120 12.230 12.236     12.236  
TPSSh         12.405   12.371     12.280       12.370          
wB97X-D     12.584   12.485   12.452   12.430     12.432 12.281 12.406     12.408    
B97D3   12.398     12.292   12.290   12.276   12.276 12.285   12.268     12.270    
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 11.588 12.374 12.374 12.324 12.399     12.422   12.460   12.409              
MP2=FULL 11.589 12.375 12.375 12.325 12.365     12.408   12.483                  
MP3         12.328   12.419                        
MP3=FULL         12.331   12.403                        
MP4   12.393     12.365                            
B2PLYP                           12.480          
Configuration interaction CID   12.338 12.338 12.282 12.282     12.309                      
CISD   12.330 12.330 12.274 12.282     12.308                      
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   12.373 12.373 12.322 12.338     12.373                      
QCISD(T)         12.345                            
Coupled Cluster CCD   12.383 12.383 12.332 12.339     12.375   12.453                  
CCSD         12.332                            
CCSD(T)=FULL         -2.828                            
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 11.762   11.802   11.860 11.864     11.486
density functional B3LYP 12.373 12.331   12.437 12.502 12.500     12.456
PBEPBE                 12.232
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 12.213 12.251 12.289 12.349 12.328 12.331     12.549
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.