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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Imidogen NH NH2+ Amino cation

Bonding changes

Bond type H-N changed by +1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G2 473
G3 463
G3B3 493
G4 471
CBS-Q 468

Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
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-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 815 691 691 674 698 709 698 700 709 710 423 702 714 708 705 698 703 703 917
ROHF   637 637   621 635 607 625         634 635          
density functional LSDA 839 698 698 669 685 692 669 677 685 693     697 680   668 671    
BLYP 831 709 709 682 698 706 680 692 700 707     709 693   471      
B1B95 821 702 702 681 699 690 689 696 704 708     711 700   688 692    
B3LYP 823 703 703 679 697 705 684 692 700 707 476 688 708 696 691 682 686 687  
B3LYPultrafine         697                       477    
B3PW91 827 705 705 684 703 711 693 699 707 712     715 704   463      
mPW1PW91 825 704 704 684 703 711 693 699 708 712     715 704   458      
M06-2X     864   690                            
PBEPBE 838 710 710 684 701 709 686 696 705 711 464   713 699   685 688    
PBEPBEultrafine         463                            
PBE1PBE         701                            
HSEh1PBE   721     475   476             486          
TPSSh         687   697     469       708          
wB97X-D     706   704   695   709     700 705 707     700    
B97D3   716     711   698   715   700 703   710     701    
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-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 848 708 708 681 696 715 698 697 712 706   703 719 702 696 691 692 475  
MP2=FULL 848 708 708 681 697 715 698 696 713 707     720 705 697 692 696    
MP3         697   698                        
MP3=FULL         698   700                        
MP4   711     697       714         510          
B2PLYP         696   470             697          
B2PLYP=FULL   467     467   470                        
Configuration interaction CID   706 706 680 693     694           489          
CISD   707 707 681 693     694           488          
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-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   700 700 675 686 705 691 688 706 696     710 696          
QCISD(T)         674     479         700 686   674 676    
Coupled Cluster CCD   699 699 674 685 704 691 687 705 696     709 696   684 687    
CCSD         686 493 484 476         498 496          
CCSD(T)         674 497 488 479     490   700 686 681 674 676 677  
CCSD(T)=FULL         2790                   682     679  
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-pVTZ

Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
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 667 693 670 699 671 671     705
density functional B3LYP 666 688 668 691 672 673     690
PBEPBE                 693
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 670 689 673 693 673 673     698
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.