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Calculated Ionization Energy for CH3Cl (Methyl chloride)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 11.26 ± 0.03 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 G3 11.206
CBS-Q 11.253

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 9.199 10.110 10.237 10.107 10.230 10.219 10.219 10.240 10.234 10.130 10.129 10.161 10.174 10.113 10.111 10.168 10.113 10.113 10.161 10.111
density functional BLYP 9.917 10.887                                    
B1B95 10.388     11.155         11.061 10.933 10.980 11.018 10.959 10.974   11.009 10.987   11.005 10.986
B3LYP 10.286 11.229   11.201 11.061     11.176 11.169 11.002 11.083 11.117 11.023 11.071 11.074 11.109 11.087 11.080 11.106 11.086
B3LYPultrafine   11.229     11.061     11.176   11.002 11.083 11.117 11.023 11.071   11.109 11.087   11.106 11.086
B3PW91 10.399 11.307   11.240           11.015 11.057 11.101 11.053 11.055   11.094 11.063   11.088 11.062
mPW1PW91 10.401 11.302   11.240       11.154 11.146 11.015 11.055 11.102 11.058 11.050   11.098 11.062   11.093 11.061
M06-2X 10.589 11.460   11.571                                
PBEPBE 10.095                                      
PBE1PBE 10.342     11.211         11.111 10.978 11.021 11.065 11.017 11.014   11.060 11.026   11.055 11.025
HSEh1PBE 10.335 11.264   11.203       11.114 11.107 10.971 11.016 11.061 11.008 11.010   11.053 11.021   11.048 11.020
TPSSh 10.265 11.202 11.067 11.142 10.996   11.022 11.073 11.064 10.929 10.978 11.018 10.961 10.971 10.969 11.003 10.983 10.975 10.997 10.983
wB97X-D 10.438 11.386 11.238 11.307 11.163 11.153 11.184 11.222 11.214 11.089 11.119 11.171 11.136 11.116 11.118 11.170 11.123   11.164 11.121
B97D3   11.034                                   10.872
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 9.376 10.800 10.950 10.810 10.940 10.981 11.007 11.009 11.058 11.220 11.289 11.046 11.045 11.282 11.393 11.233 11.349 11.422 11.231 11.351
MP2=FULL 9.377 10.802 10.953 10.812 10.941 10.983 11.009 11.007 11.055 11.225 11.291 11.046 11.048 11.284 11.398 11.235 11.349 11.426 11.233 11.351
MP3         10.863   10.854       11.206 10.959 10.965 11.193         11.147 11.259
B2PLYP 9.975 11.056 11.028 11.047 10.995 11.002 11.050 11.082 11.092 11.029 11.102 11.054 10.994 11.089   11.107 11.122   11.105 11.121
B2PLYP=FULL 9.975 11.056 11.029 11.047 10.995 11.002 11.050 11.081 11.091 11.030 11.102 11.054 10.994 11.089   11.108 11.121   11.105 11.121
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         10.995                       11.121      
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   10.745 10.807 10.762 10.797 10.841 10.866 10.947 10.949   11.066 10.885 10.902 11.226   11.057     11.054  
QCISD(T)                                       11.192
Coupled Cluster CCD   10.800 10.871 10.816 10.850 10.896 10.917 10.901 10.954 11.113 11.167 10.937 10.945 11.159   11.115 11.217   11.113 11.219
CCSD         10.788 10.840 10.865 10.846 10.904 11.044 11.102 10.887 10.885 11.095   11.052 11.151   11.049  
CCSD(T)         10.794       10.914 11.049 11.134         11.073 11.191      
CCSD(T)=FULL         10.795           11.129       11.239 11.073 11.187      
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 10.107 10.170 10.134 10.180 10.149 10.043     10.113
density functional B1B95                 10.956
B3LYP 11.146 11.025 11.162 11.053 11.223 11.173     11.052
B3LYPultrafine                 11.052
B3PW91                 11.036
mPW1PW91                 11.032
PBE1PBE                 10.996
HSEh1PBE                 10.992
TPSSh                 10.954
wB97X-D 11.243 11.101 11.254 11.123 11.400 11.332     11.099
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 10.742 10.967 10.802 11.013 10.808 10.745     11.278
MP2=FULL                 11.290
MP3                 11.194
B2PLYP                 11.076
B2PLYP=FULL                 11.079
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD                 11.058
Coupled Cluster CCD                 11.158
CCSD                 11.093
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.