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Release 22	May 2022
NIST Standard Reference Database 101

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III.D.11.

Calculated Proton Affinity

Name	Species		Species	Name
3H-pyrrole	C4H5N	→	C4H6N+	pyrrole, alpha-protonated

Bonding changes
Bond type H-N gained 1

Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)

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Proton Affinities in kJ/mol

Methods with predefined basis sets

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Proton Affinities in kJ/mol

Methods with standard basis sets

		3-21G*	6-31G*	6-31+G**	6-311G*	6-311G**	6-31G(2df,p)	6-311+G(3df,2p)	TZVP	cc-pVDZ	cc-pVTZ	aug-cc-pVTZ	daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock	HF		965										966
density functional	BLYP		952
	B3LYP											944
	M06-2X	962
	TPSSh		958	951			968				955
	wB97X-D	983	958	951		955			953	955	956	953
	B97D3							955
		3-21G*	6-31G*	6-31+G**	6-311G*	6-311G**	6-31G(2df,p)	6-311+G(3df,2p)	TZVP	cc-pVDZ	cc-pVTZ	aug-cc-pVTZ	daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation	MP2		931		918
	MP3=FULL		941
		3-21G*	6-31G*	6-31+G**	6-311G*	6-311G**	6-31G(2df,p)	6-311+G(3df,2p)	TZVP	cc-pVDZ	cc-pVTZ	aug-cc-pVTZ	daug-cc-pVTZ

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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									967
density functional	B3LYP									946
	PBEPBE									939
Moller Plesset perturbation	MP2									925

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.