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Calculated Ionization Energy for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 10.229 ± 0.0007 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 10.263
G3 10.226
G3B3 10.181
G4 10.157
CBS-Q 10.240

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 6.208 8.594 8.594 8.719 8.711 8.691 8.795 8.737 8.720 8.625 8.757 8.767 8.656 8.710 8.733 8.737 8.738 8.740 8.730 8.736
density functional BLYP 7.548 9.495 9.495 9.697 9.604 9.593 9.850 9.753 9.739 9.536 9.841 9.845 9.587 9.777   9.819 9.836   9.817 9.835
B1B95 7.796 9.750 9.750 9.911 9.822 9.822 9.974 9.895 9.879 9.741 9.944 9.951 9.775 9.892   9.924 9.932      
B3LYP 7.794 9.801 9.801 9.987 9.899 9.885 10.096 10.013 9.997 9.821 10.078 10.087 9.865 10.023 10.058 10.055 10.071 10.072 10.052 10.069
B3LYPultrafine   9.802     9.899 9.885 10.096 10.013   9.821 10.078 10.087 9.865 10.023   10.055 10.070   10.052 10.069
B3PW91 7.838 9.861 9.861 10.003 9.913 9.900 10.062 9.996 9.980 9.829 10.034 10.043 9.868 9.983   10.012 10.022   10.008 10.021
mPW1PW91 7.798 9.840 9.840 9.976 9.887 9.872 10.038 9.966 9.949 9.799 10.007 10.016 9.844 9.953   9.988 9.995   9.983 9.994
M06-2X 7.955 10.033 10.033 10.156 10.065 10.046 10.201 10.153 10.133 9.995 10.195 10.207 10.000 10.172   10.139 10.207   10.135 10.205
PBEPBE 7.655 9.650 9.650 9.815 9.717 9.703 9.923 9.833 9.817 9.641 9.903 9.910 9.693 9.844   9.887 9.899   9.883 9.897
PBEPBEultrafine   9.651     9.717 9.703 9.923 9.833   9.641 9.903 9.910 9.693 9.844   9.887 9.899   9.883 9.897
PBE1PBE 7.729 9.799 9.799 9.943 9.853 9.853 10.005 9.930 9.912 9.765 9.973 9.987 9.810 9.924   9.957 9.965   9.952 9.964
HSEh1PBE 7.719 9.796 9.796 9.938 9.849 9.834 10.004 9.928 9.911 9.761 9.972 9.988 9.804 9.924   9.953 9.965   9.949 9.963
TPSSh 7.697 9.711 9.711 9.840 9.749 9.735 9.905 9.828 9.813 9.663 9.875 9.889 9.702 9.828 9.860 9.852 9.872 9.874 9.847 9.871
wB97X-D 7.835 9.879 9.879 10.028 9.943 9.933 10.094 10.016 10.002 9.855 10.052 10.052 9.893 9.982   10.033 10.021 10.026 10.028 10.019
B97D3 7.750 9.690 9.690 9.827 9.736 9.724 9.921 9.835 9.821 9.659 9.896 9.906 9.710 9.839 9.876 9.881 9.890 9.892 9.876 9.889
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 7.103 9.783 9.783 10.079 10.153 10.210 10.408 10.213 10.282 10.298 10.581 10.373 10.173 10.515 10.639 10.468 10.621 10.682 10.468 10.623
MP2=FULL 7.104 9.785 9.785 10.080 10.157 10.213 10.411 10.219 10.288 10.301 10.587 10.378 10.176 10.519 10.645 10.471 10.624 10.688 10.470 10.625
MP3         9.839   9.807       10.222 10.024 9.874 10.161         10.127  
MP3=FULL   9.531 9.531 9.774 9.842 9.908 10.069 9.882 9.962 10.002 10.229 10.028 9.877 10.168   10.130 10.258   10.130  
MP4   9.642     9.927       10.097   10.395 10.186 9.972 10.324   10.270 10.434   10.272  
MP4=FULL   9.643     9.931       10.103   10.402   9.974     10.272 10.436   10.274  
B2PLYP 7.474 9.700 9.700 9.920 9.876 9.885 10.088 9.964 9.975 9.861 10.123 10.068 9.858 10.064   10.076 10.130   10.073 10.129
B2PLYP=FULL 7.474 9.700 9.700 9.921 9.877 9.886 10.089 9.965 9.977 9.863 10.125 10.070 9.859 10.066   10.077 10.131   10.074 10.131
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine 7.474 9.701 9.701 9.921 9.877 9.886 10.089 9.965 9.977 9.863 10.125 10.070 9.859 10.066   10.077     10.074 10.130
Configuration interaction CID   9.402 9.402 9.624 9.636     9.674     9.921   9.643 9.866         9.844  
CISD   9.321 9.321 9.537 9.575     9.621     9.876   9.588 9.823         9.788  
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   9.360 9.360 9.602 9.666 9.738 9.908 9.722 9.802 9.817 10.055 9.877 9.708 9.997   9.955     9.953  
QCISD(T)         9.692     9.766       9.931 9.743     10.013        
QCISD(T)=FULL         9.696   9.951       10.139         10.015     10.015  
Coupled Cluster CCD   9.588 9.588 9.838 9.866 9.930 10.094 9.915 9.990 10.011 10.241 10.059 9.900 10.181   10.147     10.146  
CCSD         9.680 9.752 9.919 9.738 9.819 9.832 10.070 9.891 9.725 10.013   9.967     9.966  
CCSD=FULL         9.684         9.839 10.079 9.896 9.728 10.022   9.970     9.968  
CCSD(T)         9.698 9.773 9.952 9.772 9.857 9.870 10.138 9.938 9.749     10.019        
CCSD(T)=FULL         9.702           10.147 9.942 9.752     10.021        
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 8.703 8.691 8.722 8.739 8.748 8.749     8.733
density functional BLYP                 9.811
B1B95                 9.919
B3LYP 9.957 9.859 10.032 9.963 10.065 10.059     10.052
B3LYPultrafine                 10.052
B3PW91                 10.007
mPW1PW91                 9.979
M06-2X                 10.175
PBEPBE                 9.875
PBEPBEultrafine                 9.875
PBE1PBE                 9.950
HSEh1PBE                 9.952
TPSSh                 9.855
wB97X-D 9.945 9.850 10.005 9.936 10.063 10.058     10.015
B97D3                 9.872
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 10.089 10.166 10.197 10.260 10.189 10.193     10.553
MP2=FULL                 10.556
MP3                 10.195
MP3=FULL                 10.200
MP4                 10.360
MP4=FULL                 10.364
B2PLYP                 10.096
B2PLYP=FULL                 10.097
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine                 10.097
Configuration interaction CID                 9.896
CISD                 9.852
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD                 10.029
QCISD(T)                 10.100
Coupled Cluster CCD                 10.214
CCSD                 10.045
CCSD=FULL                 10.050
CCSD(T)                 10.108
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.