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Calculated Ionization Energy for Cl2 (Chlorine diatomic)

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Experimental Ionization Energy is 11.481 ± 0.003 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
semi-empirical PM3  
composite G2 11.520
G3 11.536
G3B3 11.533
G3MP2 11.538
G4 11.516
CBS-Q 11.545

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 11.129 12.163 11.261 12.014 11.186 11.186 11.180 11.234 11.234 10.898 10.858 11.134 11.163 10.890 10.845 11.080 10.885 10.846 10.843 11.141 10.845 11.073 10.883
density functional LSDA 11.348 11.938 11.938 12.294 11.894 11.894 11.924 12.016 12.016 11.738     11.854 11.801 11.775 11.884 11.803 11.779   11.869 11.767    
BLYP 10.603 11.566 11.178 11.507 11.148 11.148 11.212 11.303 11.303 10.995 11.067 11.182 11.095 11.063   11.166 11.084     11.107 11.029 11.162 11.082
B1B95 11.420 11.502 11.502 11.910 11.424 11.424 11.467 11.494 11.494 11.250   11.432 11.395 11.267 11.266 11.386 11.298 11.270 11.255 11.418 11.253 11.404 11.291
B3LYP 11.133 12.066 11.565 11.982 11.524 11.524 11.562 11.643 11.643 11.348 11.384 11.534 11.482 11.395 11.374 11.508 11.405 11.379 11.362 11.486 11.359 11.503 11.403
B3LYPultrafine   12.066     11.523 11.523 11.560 11.642   11.347 11.384 11.533 11.480 11.394   11.506 11.404         11.502 11.403
B3PW91 11.252 12.158 11.622 12.035 11.552 11.552 11.561 11.622 11.622 11.363 11.364 11.533 11.531 11.386   11.509 11.386     11.534 11.348 11.501 11.384
mPW1PW91 11.295 12.196 11.629 12.071 11.560 11.560 11.572 11.628 11.628 11.364 11.365 11.537 11.537 11.384   11.514 11.388     11.538 11.346 11.507 11.386
M06-2X 11.465 12.380 11.769 12.290 11.734 11.734 11.746 11.810 11.810 11.536   11.718 11.670 11.560   11.652 11.562     11.669 11.533 11.646 11.559
PBEPBE 10.799 11.756 11.321 11.671 11.278 11.278 11.315 11.388 11.388 11.111 11.153 11.278 11.237 11.152 11.137 11.263 11.169 11.146 11.123 11.245 11.118 11.258 11.167
PBEPBEultrafine   11.757     11.276 11.276 11.313 11.387   11.110 11.153 11.276 11.235 11.151   11.261 11.168         11.256 11.167
PBE1PBE 11.227 11.587 11.587 12.042 11.528 11.528 11.541 11.602 11.602 11.332 11.336 11.504 11.499 11.351   11.479 11.357     11.498 11.314 11.472 11.355
HSEh1PBE 11.213 12.142 11.579 12.026 11.516 11.516 11.530 11.595 11.595 11.322 11.329 11.497 11.487 11.345   11.469 11.350     11.486 11.307 11.462 11.347
TPSSh   12.008 11.509 11.897 11.443 11.443 11.455 11.518   11.258   11.426 11.411 11.283   11.391 11.288     11.409 11.245 11.383 11.287
wB97X-D     11.715   11.627   11.632   11.687     11.603 11.632 11.449     11.447     11.627 11.408 11.582 11.444
B97D3   11.765     11.270   11.305   11.379   11.143 11.280   11.151     11.162     11.248 11.112 11.254  
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 10.308 11.428 11.247 11.390 11.204 11.204 11.208 11.278 11.278 11.370 11.388 11.232 11.266 11.391 11.489 11.428 11.460 11.519 11.368 11.256 11.371 11.423 11.460
MP2=FULL 10.305 11.425 11.245 11.387 11.201 11.201 11.205 11.267 11.267 11.367 11.379 11.224 11.265 11.381 11.485 11.428 11.446 11.515 11.363 11.261 11.386 11.423 11.444
MP3         11.235   11.235       11.425 11.267 11.308 11.434           11.298 11.411 11.460 11.498
MP3=FULL         11.230   11.232         11.256 11.305 11.417           11.297 11.413 11.457 11.474
MP4   11.578     11.161       11.225   11.366 11.178 11.218 11.363   11.394 11.443     11.206 11.341 11.390 11.443
MP4=FULL   11.575     11.155       11.212   11.348   11.214 11.347   11.392 11.423     11.205 11.346 11.387 11.422
B2PLYP 10.851 11.823 11.421 11.761 11.380 11.380 11.405 11.478 11.478 11.309 11.335 11.388 11.370 11.338   11.439 11.371     11.367 11.308 11.435 11.369
B2PLYP=FULL 10.850 11.823 11.421 11.761 11.379 11.379 11.404 11.474 11.474 11.307   11.386 11.370 11.335   11.439 11.366     11.368 11.311 11.434 11.364
Configuration interaction CID   11.768 11.313 11.678 11.252     11.318     11.308   11.309 11.336           11.295 11.304 11.395 11.376
CISD   11.740 11.293 11.656 11.231     11.298     11.282   11.286 11.310           11.272 11.278 11.372 11.350
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ daug-cc-pVDZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   11.698 11.298 11.627 11.241 11.241 11.247 11.311 11.311 11.387 11.391 11.268 11.307 11.408   11.448 11.466   11.378 11.295 11.381 11.443 11.466
QCISD(T)         11.178     11.244     11.364 11.195 11.233 11.365   11.403 11.442     11.221 11.340 11.399 11.442
QCISD(T)=FULL         11.173   11.181           11.230 11.350 11.472 11.401 11.422 11.502   11.222 11.346 11.397 11.421
QCISD(TQ)         11.173   11.182       11.362   11.229 11.363 11.481 11.400 11.439 11.510          
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         11.169   11.177           11.227 11.348   11.398 11.419            
Coupled Cluster CCD   11.736 11.330 11.656 11.275 11.275 11.278 11.344 11.344 11.434 11.438 11.303 11.343 11.456   11.486 11.514   11.427 11.331 11.430 11.481 11.514
CCSD         11.247 11.247 11.253 11.317 11.317 11.394 11.398 11.274 11.314 11.415 11.514 11.454 11.473 11.538   11.301 11.388 11.450 11.473
CCSD=FULL         11.243         11.384 11.382 11.265 11.311 11.400 11.504 11.452 11.453 11.528   11.307 11.398 11.447 11.452
CCSD(T)         11.181 11.181 11.190 11.248 11.248 11.349 11.369 11.199 11.238 11.370 11.488 11.408 11.447 11.518 11.343 11.225 11.345 11.403 11.447
CCSD(T)=FULL         284.405           11.352 11.189 11.235 11.355 11.477 11.405 11.426 11.507 11.329 11.226 11.352 11.401 11.425
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z cc-pCVDZ cc-pCVTZ 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 12.012 11.143 11.959 11.110 12.340 12.098     10.839
density functional B3LYP 12.008 11.497 11.932 11.444 12.200 12.009     11.350
PBEPBE                 11.112
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 11.405 11.283 11.390 11.268 11.541 11.334     11.366
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.