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Calculated Proton Affinity

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Name Species   Species Name
Amino radical NH2 NH3+ ammonia cation

Bonding changes

Bond type H-N changed by +1
Proton Affinities (kJ/mol)
Proton Affinities in kJ/mol
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM6  
composite G2 737
G3 740
G3B3 777
G3MP2 740
G4 776
CBS-Q 737

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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 930 831 831 817 791 803 794 794 800 797   797 799 796 794 786 791 792 796 791
ROHF   776 776 761 735 747 727 738 745     741 744 741 739 731 736 737    
density functional LSDA 926 824 824 804 772 778 760 768 771 773     774 762   749     762  
BLYP 906 824 824 807 778 786 766 777 780 782   769 781 771     760   771  
B1B95 911 828 828 814 784 784 778 784 787 787   781 787 781   768 773      
B3LYP 912 827 827 811 782 790 774 782 785 786   776 785 777 773 764 768 769 777  
B3LYPultrafine   827     782 790 774 782       776 785 777   764 768      
B3PW91 915 785 785 769 738 746 733 738 792 792   786 742 735         785  
mPW1PW91 916 832 832 818 789 797 784 789 793 792   787 792 786   774 779   788  
M06-2X 915 822 822 809 778 786 773 776 779 781 764 773 781 770   763 764      
PBEPBE 912 826 826 811 782 789 772 781 784 785   775 784 776   762 766   776  
PBEPBEultrafine   826     782 789 772 781       775 784 776   762 766      
PBE1PBE 918 830 830 816 786 786 781 787 791 790   784 790 784   772 776      
HSEh1PBE 917   830 816 786 795   786 790 790   784 790     771 776      
TPSSh   829 829 817 791 799 786 790   794   788 794 788   777 781      
wB97X-D     837   791   785   794     790 797 789     783      
B97D3   833     791   784   795   779 788   788     780     780
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 951 842 842 818 785 800 786 790 794 786   788 795 781 776 768 771 771 781  
MP2=FULL 951 842 842 818 786 801 787 790 795 788   789 795 785 777 769 775 773    
ROMP2 895 792 792 767 733 748 734 738 743 734   737 743 730   717        
MP3         736   736         741 746 733            
MP3=FULL         736   738         741 747 736            
MP4   797     736       746     740 746 731   719 721      
MP4=FULL   797     736       746       747 735   719 725      
B2PLYP 925 832 832 813 783 793 778 784 788 786   780 788 778   765 769      
B2PLYP=FULL 925 832 832 813 783 794 778 784 788 786   780 788 779   765 770      
B2PLYP=FULLultrafine         783               788              
Configuration interaction CID   797 797 773 737     742                        
CISD   798 798 774 737     742                        
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   799 799 774 737 752 738 741 747 738   742 748 734   721 725      
QCISD(T)         737             741 747 732   719 722      
QCISD(T)=FULL         737   738           748 736 728 720 726 724    
QCISD(TQ)         737   737           747 732 726 719 722      
QCISD(TQ)=FULL         737   738           748 736   720 726      
Coupled Cluster CCD   798 798 774 737 752 739 741 747 738   742 748 734   723 726      
CCSD         737         738   742 748 734 729 722 725 726    
CCSD=FULL         738         739   742 748 738 731 722 729      
CCSD(T)         737             741 748 732 726 720 722      
CCSD(T)=FULL         737             741 748 736 728 720 726 725    
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 cc-pV(T+d)Z 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 813 788 812 790 812 812     794
density functional B3LYP 803 777 802 777 806 806     773
PBEPBE                 771
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 809 778 807 779 808 808     778
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.