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III.F.2.

Completed calculations for CH₂⁺ (methylene cation)

Methods and basis sets for which an energy has been calculated. "e" indicates just an energy has been calculated. "o" indicates an optimized geometry. "v" indicates vibrational frequencies. "s" followed by a number indicates completed calculations for different states (for example s1ov). "c" followed by a number indicates completed calculations for different conformations (for example c2ov).
See the Calculated Energies page (section III.A.1) for more calculated properties.

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Methods with predefined basis sets

semi-empirical	AM1	s1c2o
	PM3	s1c2o
composite	G1	s1c1e
	G2MP2	s1c1e
	G2	s1c1e
	G3	s1c1e
	G3B3	s1c1e s1c2e
	G3MP2	s1c1e
	G4	s1c1e s1c2e
	CBS-Q	s1c1e

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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	daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock	HF	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov	s1c1ov s1c2o
	ROHF	s1c1ov	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov
density functional	LSDA	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov	s1c1ov
	BLYP	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov
	B1B95	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov	s1c1ov
	B3LYP	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov
	B3LYPultrafine		s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o				s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	B3PW91	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov
	mPW1PW91	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov
	M06-2X	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	PBEPBE	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov	s1c1ov
	PBEPBEultrafine		s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o				s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	PBE1PBE	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	HSEh1PBE	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	TPSSh		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	wB97X-D			s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o
	B97D3		s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o
		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	daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation	MP2	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov
	MP2=FULL	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov
	ROMP2	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov	s1c1ov	s1c1ov
	MP3					s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o					s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	MP3=FULL					s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o					s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	MP4		s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o				s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	MP4=FULL		s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o				s1c1ov s1c2o				s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	B2PLYP	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	B2PLYP=FULL	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	B2PLYP=FULLultrafine	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
Configuration interaction	CID		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o
	CISD		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o
		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	daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction	QCISD		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov
	QCISD(T)					s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o				s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov
	QCISD(T)=FULL					s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o						s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	QCISD(TQ)					s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o						s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	QCISD(TQ)=FULL					s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o						s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
Coupled Cluster	CCD		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov
	CCSD					s1c1ov s1c2o					s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	CCSD=FULL					s1c1ov s1c2o					s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
	CCSD(T)					s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o		s1c1ov s1c2o				s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov
	CCSD(T)=FULL					s1c1ov s1c2o							s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o
		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	daug-cc-pVTZ

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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	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o
density functional	B3LYP	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o
	PBEPBE									s1c1ov s1c2o
Moller Plesset perturbation	MP2	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o	s1c1ov s1c2o			s1c1ov s1c2o

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Single point energy calculations (select basis sets)

		cc-pVTZ	aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation	MP2FC// B3LYP/6-31G*	s1c1e
	MP2FC// MP2FC/6-31G*		s1c1e
Coupled Cluster	CCSD(T)// B3LYP/6-31G*	s1c1e
	CCSD// MP2FC/6-31G*		s1c1e
	CCSD(T)// MP2FC/6-31G*		s1c1e

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.