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Calculated Ionization Energy for CH3CN (Acetonitrile)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 12.2 ± 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 12.132
G3 12.112
G4 11.981
CBS-Q 12.132

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 9.232 10.996 10.996 10.912 10.735 10.716 10.784 10.803 10.785 10.639   10.831 10.689 10.731 10.696 10.738 10.739
density functional B3LYP 10.526                                
B3PW91 10.602                                
mPW1PW91 10.605                 11.624       11.764 11.737 11.783  
M06-2X 10.842     12.056 11.951 11.928 12.033 12.085 12.063 11.899     11.905 12.056 11.978 12.071  
PBE1PBE         14.474                        
HSEh1PBE 10.542                 11.580         11.700    
TPSSh         11.569                 11.649      
wB97X-D                 11.857         11.818   11.834  
B97D3             11.591       11.612     11.578      
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2         12.214 12.254 12.375 12.348 12.389 12.369   12.417 12.296 12.532 12.450 12.590  
MP2=FULL         12.217 12.260 12.381 12.353 12.396 12.376     12.300 12.542 12.454 12.601  
MP3         11.734   11.784                    
MP3=FULL         11.739   11.891                    
MP4         11.945       12.160         12.316      
Configuration interaction CID   11.735 11.735 11.786 11.584     11.692                  
CISD   11.660 11.660 11.677 11.551     11.663                  
Coupled Cluster CCD   11.930 11.930 12.013 11.813 11.862 11.963 11.932 11.981 11.964     11.890 12.100 12.014    
CCSD         11.660               11.735 11.982      
CCSD(T)         11.696               11.776 12.051 11.919    
CCSD(T)=FULL         11.706               11.784   11.925    
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ 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 10.896 10.668 10.901 10.772 10.953 10.953     10.748
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2   12.241   12.302         12.558
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.