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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Pyridine C5H5N C5H6N+ Pyridinium

Bonding changes

Bond type H-N gained 1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite G1 919
G2MP2 924
G3B3 924
G4 888

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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 1122 969 969 970 945 956 944 939 949 961   946 946 950 941 947 947
density functional BLYP 1087 959   959 938 947 925   934 950     935 932 923    
B1B95 1083 948 948 949 935 907 921 917 925 940     925 935   932  
B3LYP 1092 961 961 962 939 948 930 929 937 952   931 937 936 928 932  
B3LYPultrafine         939   930             936   932  
B3PW91 1091 960 960 963 940 949 935 931 939 953     939 940 933    
mPW1PW91 1092 965 960 963 944 954 939 935 939 952     943 940 932    
M06-2X     949   923                        
PBEPBE 1085 953 953 956 933 942 924 923 931 946     931 930 922    
PBEPBEultrafine         933                        
PBE1PBE         936                        
HSEh1PBE   957     936   930             936      
TPSSh         943   936             941      
wB97X-D     968   945   939   943     941 939 945   942  
B97D3   969     950   942   949   943 944   948   944  
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 1129 955 955 949 925 943 689 912 928 935     927 921   914  
MP2=FULL         925     912 928         924      
MP3         937   739                    
MP3=FULL         937                        
B2PLYP         934                        
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD           954     941                
Coupled Cluster CCD         935                        
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 aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ 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 960 934 957 934 957 956     948
density functional B3LYP 952 929 947 925 951 951     934
PBEPBE                 928
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 940 913 933 909 937 936     918
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.