In chemical science, the vertical ionization potential (VIP) is a crucial metric for understanding the electronegativity, hardness and softness of chemical material systems as well as the electronic structure and stability of molecules. Ever since the last century, the model chemistry composite methods have witnessed tremendous developments in computing the thermodynamic properties as well as the barrier heights. However, their performance in realm of the vertical electron processes of molecular systems has been rarely explored. In this study, we for the first time benchmarked the model chemistry composite methods (e.g., CBS-QB3, G4 and W1BD) in comparison with the commonly used Koopmans's theorem (KT), electron propagator theory (e.g., OVGF, D2, P3 and P3+) and CCSD(T) methods in calculating the VIP for up to 613 molecular systems with available experimental measurements. The large-scale test calculations strongly showed that the CBS-QB3 model chemistry composite technique can be well recommended to calculate VIP from the perspectives of accuracy, economy and applicability. Notably, the VIP values of up to 7 molecules were identified to have the absolute errors of larger than 0.3 eV at all calculation levels, which have strong hints that their VIP experimental values should be re-investigated.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |