Singly ionized first-row dimers and hydrides calculated with the fully-numerical density-functional program n u m o l

Gradient corrected density functionals yield average errors in the ionization potentials of 0.3–0.8 eV. The average errors in the dissociation energies of the diatomic cations are similar to the corresponding errors of the neutral molecules, i.e., 0.2–0.6 eV. The wrong behavior of the potential curves of the dimer cations at large distances calculated with these functionals does not affect the accuracy of De.